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Compiled and Edited by 

LIEUTENANT (j.g.) HENRY J. FRY 

CHAPLAIN'S CORPS, U. S. N. 



Decorated with Cartoons by 
ENSIGN WORTHY J. F. FORWARD 

U. S. N. 



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CAPTAIN 

WILLIAM R, SAYLES. Jr 

U. S. N. 

COMMANDING OFFICER, 

AUGUST. 19 18, 

TO [PRESENT DATE 



CAPTAIN 

WILLIAM H. SHEA, 
U.S.C.G. 

EXECUTIVE OFFICER 
FEBRUARY, 1919, 
TO PRESENT DATE 





CAPTAIN 

GEORGE W. STEELE. 

U.S.N. 

COMMANDING OFFICER, 

JUNE, 1917, 

TO AUGUST, 1918 



LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER 

W. C. BARKER, 

U.S.N. 

EXECUTIVE OFFICER, 

AUGUST, 1917, 

TO FEBRUARY, 1919 





Photograph bj Central \'evjs Service, Sew York City 



WITH 'THE FIRST TO FRANCE" 

The U. S. S. Henderson was with "The First to 
France. " Tremendous difficulties were overcome that she 
might carry the first American fighters "over there, " It 
was a tense hour when she steamed down the Narrow^s to 
join the formation, June 14, 1917, as her first load of 
marines w^aved farewell to the Statue of Liberty. Those 
ships went to meet the initial test in transporting the 
American army over three thousand miles of submarine 
infested water. 

But four days previously, she, a newly built ship, 
traversed her first mile of water. She made her first run 
from Philadelphia, where she was built, to New^ York, to 
report for overseas duty. Sailing down the Delaware River 
she experienced engine trouble. That run to New^ York, 
with her mainmast not aboard, with mechanics from the 
Philadelphia Navy Yard still working up to the last mo- 
ment, with her decks and holds littered with the debris 
of speedy completion — that run was counted as her trial 
trip. 

Just six days before leaving for France her boilers for 
the first time felt the pressure of steam. The first power 
ever developed aboard the U. S. S. Henderson was on 
June 8, 1917. She left with the convoy June 14th. 

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But three weeks before sailing she was commissioned 
at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Her completion was 
feverishly hastened by the declaration of war. Day and 
night, w^ithout ceasing, her decks rang w^ith the sounds 
of many workmen. Her crew^ w^as messed aboard 
neighboring ships, and her light and heat came from the 
Yard until just before the lines w^ere cast off. 

When on the evening of June I 2th she proceeded up 
the North River and anchored off ninety-sixth street she 
was ready for a maiden voyage to Europe w^ith "The 
First to France." 

Only by the urgent insistance of her Commanding 
Officer, Captain Steele, was she permitted to go at all. 
Her machinery, and especially her turbo-generators, were 
in an untested and uncertain condition. It was problem- 
atical how^ far she could run on her fuel and it was 
reported that no fuel oil could then be obtained in France. 
It w^as a venture demanding the maximum of courage and 
resourcefulness to take an untried vessel through sub- 
marine haunted w^aters w^ith almost tw^o thousand souls 
aboard. The urgent need of getting men to the other side 
w^as a strong argument supporting the Captain's plea to 
the Admiral that the Henderson be allow^ed to go. 

That first trip tested the metal of officers and crew. 
It was only by indomitable w^ill that she held her position 
in the convoy as she did. The fifth day out she tw^ice 
dropped from formation for repairs, first having difficul- 
ties w^ith the electric steering gear which necessitated 
hand steering, and then having trouble with the port en- 
gine throttle. The day follow^ing, the feed pumps failed, 
the steering gear again w^ent wrong, the starboard engine 
stopped altogether and the port engine had to be cut down 

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to one third normal revolutions. This required the entire 
convoy to drop its speed to five knots for several hours 
during the afternoon, but by nightfall the troubles had 
been solved and the ships vv^ere once more making normal 
progress. There w^ere other times during the trip she 
w^ithdrev^ temporarily from the convoy. Each day brought 
its new problems. 




Those hours w^ere grim enough, but at the time there 
was little realization of the calibre of the undertaking. 
It was a new^ and untested vessel, in the hands of officers 
and a crew^ who scarcely knew each other's names, solving 
the problems of the first over-seas convoy, meeting engine 
room and stearing gear difficulties day after day, steering 
by hand in the exacting zig-zagging convoy formation. 
The Henderson is proud of her entire record, but if one 
achievement stands out above the others as the high light 
of that record, it is her first trans-Atlantic voyage. 





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A SUBMARINE ATTACK 

On the second voyage to France, when the French 
coast was but a day's journey distant, a British convoy 
passed to the westward. One of the destroyers signaled: 
"My convoy w^as attacked by a submarine ten miles from 
the present position." On receiving this warning the 
Henderson and her sister ships began a rapid zig-zagging. 

The next morning, August 20th, at 8:32, just as the 
Point de Kerdonis lighthouse on Belle Isle w^as sighted, 
a destroyer on the left of the fleet dropped a depth bomb. 
Almost instantly the Antilles fired three shots and the 
Finland fired five rounds at the submarine. The Hender- 
son immediately sounded general quarters. Occasionally 
the guns of the other ships were heard. Five minutes 
after nine the Henderson sighted the wake of the sub- 
marine and opened fire with the starboard battery firing 
six shots before the periscope disappeared. Two French 
aeroplanes were maneuvering over the zig-zagging fleet, 
dropping depth bombs. Again the Antilles fired three 
times; the Finland fired five more shells, and the battle 
was over except for shots from the Lenape and the San 
Jacinto. At ten o'clock the formation was proceeding at 
standard speed for the mouth of the Loire River. The 
attack had failed. 




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%i5^I^^ <^i%sfio ^^nce 

THE ILL-FATED ANTILLES 

On the third homeward-bound trip the Henderson 
was but eight hundred yards distant when a German 
torpedo struck the Antilles. From the Henderson's decks, 
strained eyes watched her go down in six and a half 
minutes. 

It w^as at dawn — the submarine's best hour for 
striking — Wednesday morning, October 17, 1917. But 
an hour before, thick weather had set in and there was a 
choppy, w^hite-cap sea. The convoy was steaming west- 
w^ard w^ith the Henderson in the lead as guide. Eight 
hundred yards behind her followed the Antilles and the 
same distance astern of her steamed the Willehad. The 
converted yacht Corsair was two hundred and fifty yards 
off the port bow and the yacht Alcedo bore a hundred and 
fifty yards off the starboard bow. 

On the log is entered this terse non-committal record 
of the tragedy: "At 6:47, just before sunrise, in latitude 
48^ 07 N. longitude 1 1 " 2.V W, by astronomical obser- 
vations, w^hile on course 266 (psc), 30° to the left of 
base course, an explosion was observed on the port side 
of the Antilles due to a torpedo." 

With the explosion she immediately took a list to 
port. This was followed by an internal explosion thirty 
seconds later and she began to sink rapidly stern first, 
listing over to an angle of 30° in four minutes. A minute 
more and her stern was deep in the sea, her bow^ out 
of the water. Another minute and a half and she took 
her final plunge. 

Through the mists of early dawn men were seen 
swarming down the lines attempting to reach the small 
boats, only three of which appeared to be afloat. Her 

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crew had just three hundred and ninety seconds in which 
to abandon ship. 

According to orders, the convoying yachts rushed to 
the rescue of the doomed ship while the Henderson, 
sounding her w^histle and siren, belching forth a smoke 
screen, steering a constantly shifting course, left the 
vicinity of the disaster full speed ahead. As the Willehad 
cleared the scene she sighted the submarine and fired 
several shots. 

A ship's log is not a romance novel, but occasionally 
its entries give "human interest " touches. The log of 
that fateful watch closes w^ith this notation: "The follow^- 
ing books belonging to this vessel v^^ere lost v/hen the 
Antilles went down, having been loaned to Lieutenant- 
Commander D. T. Ghent, U. S. Navy, Senior Naval 
Officer aboard the Antilles: "The Knight on Wheels, " 
"A Point of Honor," "The Northerner," "The Debtor." 

The closing incident of that day occurred at three 
o'clock, an incident that w^as a transition from the sub- 
marine to the ridiculous. Number eight gun fired at 
w^hat appeared to be a submarine; the course was 
changed; general quarters w^as sounded; full speed ahead 
was ordered; and then it w^as discovered to have been the 
blovv^ of a whale! 




/i^M<j^ K^insfio ^jnance 



STORMS AND FUEL 

The return journey of the fourth trip was against 
an unusually rough sea and in the teeth of prevailing, 
stormy February weather. The Henderson was delayed 
and faced a shortage of fuel-oil. On the last day of Feb- 
ruary, when thirteen days out from St. Nazaire and still 
several days from home the generators were shut down 
to save fuel and the ship w^as lighted where necessary by 
oil lanterns and steered by hand. A little later the oil in 
the tanks became so low that the circulation pumps had 
trouble in picking up the suction to carry the fuel to the 
fire rooms. With buckets the oil was bailed out of the 
various tanks and concentrated in one tank so that the 
suction might be established and the fires fed. 

At one time is seemed imperative to put into Halifax 
for oil. Later it looked as though there w^as enough fuel 
with which to make Boston. Indeed, it w^as then thought 
that she could make New York, but necessity compelled 
turning into Mellville, Narragansett Bay, w^here she re- 
ceived the oil w^ith which to complete the trip. 




WAR ZONE DAYS 

Cycles five, six and seven passed w^ith the usual 
round of w^ar strain — guns constantly manned, look- 
outs alw^ays alert, abandon ship drills sounded at all 
hours of day or night, the constantly shifting zig-zag 
course of ships totally darkened, ploughing ahead through 
the night, the occasional firing at suspected objects, the 
constant reminder of life preservers aWays worn, of sleep- 

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^The ^rS,Jl 'J/enc/brson 

ing fully dressed ready for the alarm, the rush of the few 
days in port, and again the sea with its strain and mon- 
otony. 

The following orders, issued at various dates by 
Captain Steele, when passing through the w^ar zone, are 
a vivid description of the conditions aboard ship during 
those days: 

While we are not yet in the "war zone," the ship has 
arrived at the western limit of the area in which enemy 
submarines have been reported as operating, and w^e may 
therefore expect to encounter submarines at any time, the 
probability increasing with our progress. The S. O. S. call 
of a steamer was heard last night. 

A warning has been received that an enemy raider 
is at sea. It may be either a steamer or a sailing vessel 
with auxiliary pow^er. 

With the five inch guns of the Henderson handled as 
well as they "were yesterday, w^e need not fear an ordinary 
raider, or even a submarine, provided we are not taken 
unaware. 

The best defense against a submarine is flight, but 
this method is practicable only in case the submarine is seen 
far enough away to allow the ship to turn, otherwise the 
first indication of the presence of the submarine will likely 
be the wake of its torpedo coming toward the ship. It is 
therefore highly important to discover the submarine while 
it is yet outside the torpedo range. 

Lookouts! The safety of the ship and perhaps of the 
whole convoy, depends almost entirely upon your ceaseless 
vigilance. The difficulty of discovering the periscope of a 
submarine can scarcely be exaggerated ; it is next to im- 
possible. It will appear for but a moment and then sink 
beneath the water. That moment is your chance! And 
you will probably be unable to distinguish the periscope 
with your eye alone, because its color is almost exactly the 

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same as the color of the sea. Use your field glasses con- 
tinually during your watch, sweeping back and forth across 
your sector. And make your report in a voice than can be 
heard a mile! 

The business of a transport is to reach its destination 
safely, and we will therefore avoid the enemy if we can, 
but we will also fight if it comes to close quarters! The 
ship is well armed both with guns and with bombs, and 




one lucky shot is enough to settle the fate of an ordinary 
"sub." 

Every lookout do your utmost! Get the habit of re- 
porting. Every man on the ship should report everything 
he sees. Often the casual eye is caught by an object which 
escapes those who are looking for it. 

It used to be that at general quarters and other general 
drills, men were required to "move on the double." That 
is out of date. It is too slow. In order to meet the modern 
situation successfully, all hands must move on the run. 
Try to get there first. The safety of the ship may depend 
upon you. 

Gun Crews! Get in that shot! To do it you must 
have your guns trained in time to fire. To have them 
trained you must keep trained on every suspicious object. 
To keep trained you must practice. Do not wait for an 
order to train; go ahead and do it. And fire if the object 
as seen through your sights resembles a submarine. 

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We have reached the danger line and the danger in- 
creases as we advance, but let us face it with our heads up 
and v^ith our eyes steadily upon our opponents. 

We are approaching a vicinity in which a submarine 
was reported on June I st. On the same date another sub- 
marine was reported farther to the eastward. This is ex- 
ceptional to encounter "subs" so far westw^ard, and it is 
reasonable to suppose that they are scouting for convoys, 
to intercept them before the destroyers join up. 



It is of the utmost importance that no effort be spared 
to discover the presence of a submarine as far away as 
possible, and to plant a shot near it. This ship is in the 
position of an escorting vessel, and the whole convoy is 
largely dependent upon our efficiency. We are, at the 
same time, in an exposed position. 

In the submarine zone the dispositions of extra gun 
crews and lookouts will be placed in effect. From now 
until port is reached every officer and man on board ship 
will have his life preserver within reach at all times; those 
on w^atch will wear their life preservers. 

From now until we reach port all persons on board 
shall remain fully dressed, day and night. 

This ship will be darkened at night so that no ray of 
light will show outboard between sunset and sunrise. A 
single gleam of light may cause the loss of the ship! 

There will be no smoking below or on exposed decks 
on the ship between 8:00 P.M. and sunrise. The glow of 
a cigarette is visible a half mile. 

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Warning! While going through the "war zone" 
it will be too dangerous to the ship to stop. TTierefore it 
w^ill be impossible to pick up any person who has fallen 
overboard. Persons having no business near the ship's 
side will keep away from it. 

At one hour before daylight every morning, reveille 
will be sounded, and the low^er decks will be cleared. In- 
stead of reveille, the call to stations for abandon ship may 
be sounded at the same time. This should be known to be 
a drill and all hands will repair quickly to their stations. 

It is likely that this ship w^ith her water-tight sub- 
divisions w^ould not sink for a long time after being tor- 
pedoed, and it is possible that she would remain afloat. 
In the case of the Finland, which had a hole thirty-four feet 
by fourteen feet blown in her side, she returned to port at 
a speed of thirteen knots. The only casualties were amon'^ 
men w^ho became panic stricken. The lesson is: Keep 
cool. 

The best defense against a submarine attack is an 
efficient lookout. This can be called efficient only when 
the w^hole circle of the horizon is constantly covered with 
well-focussed binoculars. After the destroyers join the con- 
voy it must be remembered that the lookout they keep, for 
various reasons, cannot be as efficient as that which we can 
keep. Therefore it is our duty to sight the submarine and 
signal its bearing to the destroyers in time for them to go 
and force it to submerge. 

Remember, this is not a picnic! Eternal vigilance is 
the price of safety. 



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^^)i^t/i<^hG i^msfio <^nnce 

THE FIRE 

June 30, 1918, the Henderson put to sea with the 
convoy, beginning her eighth trip, a trip that was not ^^Mu _ 
completed on schedule time. 

At five o'clock on the evening of July 2nd, the fire 
alarms were sounded from the bridge. Smoke poured 
forth from one of the forward cargo holds and so filled' 
the nearby compartments that it was impossible to see 
more than three or four feet. The hatch was opened 
over the hold; great quantities of heated smoke rose from 
the spaces below^. Fire fighters, equipped with smoke- 
helmets, dragged the fire hose down, but nothing could be 
done at this point. As the men retreated the hatches 
w^ere battened dow^n in an attempt to smother the blaze. 
The bulkheads heated to a dull red and were constantly 
drenched to check the spread of the conflagration. In the 
neighboring compartments the paint chipped off and 
caused a stifling smoke. 

A gang of men attempted to cut a hole in one of the 
bulkheads through which a hose might be played but the 
work was abandoned because of the heat. Two rivets in 
the plating, however, were cut out and through the holes 
appeared a roaring furnace. 

The thermostats connected with the forward maga- 
zines were reported dropping one after the other, and to 
avoid the danger of explosion the magazines were flooded. 
Seven hundred barrels of oil were in a nearby hold, a part 
of the cargo that fortunately was saved from the flames. 

The ship began to list to starboard as an increasing 
amount of water was pumped into her holds. Men were 
lowered over the sides in boatswain's chairs and the lenses 
in several of the air ports were knocked out and fire hoses 

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directed through the openings, but to no avail, as the 
paint, waste, and dry inflammable stores were burning 
fiercely. 

The rubber gaskets had been burnt away from the 
ports which soon reached sea level as the ship kept listing 




to starboard and the water came pouring in. The pumps 
were w^orking at full speed. Additional compartments 
had to be battened down and abandoned. New compart- 
ments took fire. The thermostats continued to drop. The 
list to starboard grew. 

Meanwhile the ship continued at standard speed in 
the formation, bearing her zig-zagging course while fight- 
ing the fire. One of the convoying cruisers stood by to 
render assistance if needed. 

As the fire spread, the passenger compartments be- 
came endangered. Then the engines w^ere stopped and 
the decks blazed w^ith the emergency lights. All that night 
the Henderson lay in the trough of the rolling sea while 
the destroyers Mayrant and Paul Jones made six trips 
transferring the seventeen hundred sailor and marine pas- 

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sengers from the burning ship to the already overcrowded 
Von Steuben. Every man had on his life preserver. 
Meanwhile the crew fought the fire and slowly the list 
increased. The rest of the convoy steamed on toward 
France. 

A little before dawn she turned her bow and made 
for the States six hundred miles distant, the Paul Jones 
and Mayrant standing by. The fire continued to rage; 
the ship's bow sank deeper. There were but two feet 
of freeboard and each sea flooded through the ports. Had 
the weather been rough it would have meant a swamped 
ship and disaster. 

All that day, as the night before, the crew fought the 
fire. The forward part of the ship was battened down. 
The water vainly used to stem the blaze kept increasing 
the ships list and the situation became hourly more dan- 
gerous. The plan of action was changed to keep the 
wrater out, not to pump it in. Men w^ent dovs^n into the hot, 
smoky, water-filled compartments and swam to the ports 
to dog them down only to find that the rubber gaskets 
had been burned away and the lenses broken by the 
heat so that the sea could not be kept out. Then they 
w^ent over the side vv^ith mattresses to fasten over the 
ports to keep out the inrushing water. 

As she proceeded and continued to draw more water 
forward, the magazines which had been flooded, were 
partially pumped to lighten her; the heavy crane was 
swung to port and the fuel oil transferred from starboard 
to port tanks to neutralize the dangerous list. 

The pumps were kept going at full capacity to keep 
down the water. Three handy billy pumps were rigged 
up and suction maintained. The men kept them going 

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continuously and shifted them to various points, working 
while dressed in life-preservers. Bucket lines were formed 
and everything possible was done to fight the water as 
well as the fire. 

When the Henderson had reached a list of fifteen 
degrees the danger of capsizing became evident. The de- 
stroyer Mayrant was ordered alongside and as many men 
of the crew as possible w^ere transferred to her, together 
with valuable papers, leaving aboard only the very mini- 
mum needed to run the vessel in her struggle to make 
port. 

That morning quarters was held and Captain Steele 
published the following order: 



U. S. S. HENDERSON 
July 3. 1919 



ORDER 



1 . In case of conditions developing which look 
dangerous enough to make abandon ship likely, the officer 
of the deck will stop the engines, sound the general alarm, 
and ring three long rings on the call bells to the engine 
room, dynamo room, steering gear room and fire room, 
(smoke indicator bells). 

2. Upon receiving this signal the men on duty in 
those places will proceed to their abandon ship stations. 
Firemen w^ill extinguish fires unless a heavy listing of the 
ship warns them to proceed without delay. 

3. This order is for the purpose of assuring the men 
below that they will not be forgotten. The captain has no 
doubt but that we will bring the Henderson safely to port. 

GEORGE W. STEELE, 

Commander, U. S. Navy, 

Commanding 

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THE FIRE 



That night thick fog set in and the Henderson lost 
sight of the accompanying destroyers and only their dis- 
tant fog whistles assured her of their desperately needed 
presence. 

All night the fight continued and the pumps labored. 
All aboard were alive to their danger. Suddenly, at 
4:40, on the morning of July 4th, the weather freshened. 
The ship, w^ithout vs^arning, rose to an even keel, and as 
the body of w^ater in her holds rushed to the port side, 
she keeled over to port to a list of tw^enty-tw^o degrees 
w^here she fetched up. All thought at that instant that she 
could not recover, that she w^as going to capsize, that the 
w^arning of the captain's order had been all too well timed. 
Captain Steele w^as on the bridge and by suddenly giving 
the rudder hard left as the ship sw^ung over he helped to 
neutralize the sudden list. 

That which had all but spelled catastrophy brought 
relief, for the w^ater thrown into the burning parts of the 
vessel, smothered the fire and from that hour its control 
was assured. The day was devoted to the pumps and 
gradually the list subsided until by noon the danger w^as 
over. 

The Mayrant left for Philadelphia at dawn with the 
major part of the Henderson's crew aboard, while the 
Paul Jones continued to stand by. During that day thick 
fog again settled dow^n and the w^ind increased but the 
crisis was past. It w^as a glorious Fourth of July. 

In the afternoon of the next day when the States 
were sighted, the Paul Jones, w^hose plucky presence had 
meant so much to the struggling Henderson, left for he: 
assigned duty, and the Henderson made port at Phila- 
delphia. 

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^^t/i''<Jhe <^rsf to ^mnce 

THE U-139 

After the fire's damages had been repaired at Phila- 
delphia, the Henderson left that port on August 1 3th, 
for New York under the command of Captain W. R. 
Sayles, U. S. Navy, who had relieved Captain G. W. 
Steele, U. S. Navy. 

During the first hours of June 1 4th, the Henderson 
was off the Jersey coast, proceeding unescorted, for 
although a submarine chaser had left Philadelphia with 
her she w^as unable to make the required speed and 
dropped behind. 

All lookouts were in position: four in the eyes of 
the ship, four in the foretop, four in the lower lookout 
house on the foremast, two in each bridgedeck lookout 
house, tw^o on each searchlight platform, four in the after 
lookout house, four in the maintop, one officer lookout in 
each top, tw^o talkers on the bridge, and two on the after 
boat deck. All the five-inch guns were manned with half 
crew^s and loaded with pointed projectiles. 

To quote the log: "At 1 :33 sighted an object thought 
to be a submarine 33 on starboard bow; put rudder hard 
right for about three minutes; then hard left for about 
three minutes; sounded general quarters. The object dis- 
appeared at I :35. " 

What happened was this — The lookout in the foretop 
hailed the bridge announcing a suspicious looking object 
five hundred yards off the starboard bow. Captain Sayles 
was on the bridge at the time. The Junior Officer of the 
Deck exclaimed: "It's a submarine." The Captain 
ordered the rudder hard right attempting to run the enemy 
down, and then after several minutes swung the ship to 

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port toward the Jersey coast. Meanwhile the crew went 
to general quarters. 

A little later the Henderson passed through floating 
oil which was from the tanker, Frank W. Kellogg, a vessel 
which the submarine had sunk but two hours previously. 

The next link in the argument came when the Hen- 
derson w^as docked two months later, when it was found 
that the starboard bilge keel was badly bent. No reason 
could be given to explain the fact and it did not assume 
significance until the following December. 

It was in December, 1918, during the Henderson's 
eleventh trip, that she visited Brest. While there, through 
a purely accidental conversation with French officers, 
Captain Sayles learned that the German U- 1 39 was 
then lying at Brest, one of the trophies of the German 
naval surrender. He further discovered that the previous 
August, while on the American coast, she encountered 
an American transport which rammed her and succeeded 
in breaking off both periscopes, rendering her unable to 
make further under-w^ater attacks. 

Captain Sayles visited the U- 1 39 and found aboard 
her an Alsacian who verified the facts he had heard. With 
his own eyes he saw the ruined periscopes and noticed that 
the forward side of the conning tow^er w^as bent. He 
also learned that the U- 1 39 had made but one cruise, 
and that to American waters during August and Sep- 
tember, 1918, and that after about the middle of August — 
the time of the Henderson's probable encounter — she vv^as 
unable to make further submerged attacks, but occupied 
herself in attacking barges, and small fishing and sailing 
vessels, with guns and bombs off Cape Cod. It will be 
recalled with what hot indignation the American press 

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viewed these strange actions of one of Germany's largest 
submersibles attacking such small and helpless game, with 
apparently no reason. 

Captain Sayles has requested the Office of Naval 
Intelligence to investigate and verify the facts involved, 
and it is expected that the subject can be definitely cleared 
up. The Captain of the U-1 39 is still living and may give 
the needed information. Another source of proof is the 
British Naval Intelligence Office which has the papers and 
records taken from the captured submarines at the time of 
the armistice. 

If it can be proved that it was the Henderson which 
thus rammed the U-1 39, it will determine the fact that the 
U. S. Naval Forces actually had contact with the enemy 
off the American coast during the war. This would inci- 
dentally be another feather in the cap of the Henderson's 
war record. 




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THE INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC 

The Henderson's ninth cycle is marked by an 
epidemic and a serious collision. On September 1 6th, 
1918, she sailed with one thousand two hundred and 
thirty-one marines of the Thirteenth Regiment, Third 
Battalion, and this, w^ith her complement, made a total of 
sixteen hundred and eighteen souls aboard. 

The marines arrived tw^o nights before sailing and at 
once six show^ed symptoms of influenza and were isolated. 
But day after day the number of victims increased, until 
the second day at sea there were a hundred and seven new 
cases reported. All but one of the medical officers were 
ill. During the trip three hundred and thirty out of 
the sixteen hundred and eighteen aboard contracted the 
disease. Tw^enty died aboard and fourteen were trans- 
ferred to the hospital at Brest in serious condition. Two 
hundred and six men were on the sick list at one time, as 
the epidemic raged intense and virulent for nine days and 
was only brought under control just before reaching 
France. 




THE COLLISION WITH THE FINLAND 

While decks w^ere loaded w^ith convalescent patients 
a collision with the Finland occurred. Shortly after mid- 
night on the morning of September 27th, the convoy 
was steaming through the war-zone, but a day from 
Brest. Not a light gleamed. The sky was overclouded 
obscuring the moon, but the visibility was sufficient for 

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^)i^t/iMe ^insffo d/rance 

the Officer of the Deck to make out the entire convoy 
traveling through the darkness toward France, the ships 
but eight hundred yards apart. 

At ten minutes after one the Finland, which was 
ahead on the Henderson's port bow, suddenly and without 
warning, began bearing hard to starboard and across the 
Henderson's path, which swung her rudder hard right. 
The Finland flashed breakdown lights, as her steering 
gear had jammed, throw^ing her out of her course. As the 
Henderson veered to the right to avoid the approaching 
ship she had to consider what her change of course might 
mean to the ship on her starboard. Captain Sayles w^as 
called and came on the bridge. He ordered one blast of 
the whistle and the side lights turned on, to show the 
Finland and the other ships the Henderson's changing 
course. But realizing that the effort to clear her by keep- 
ing to starboard w^as useless, and seeing the rapidly 
decreasing distance between the approaching vessels, 
he realized that a collision w^as inevitable. The only 
possible way to avoid ramming her with a direct blow, 
w^hich would probably have been fatal to both ships 
as both were going at full speed, w^as to w^ait till the last 
moment just before the collision, then stop the port 
engine, give the rudder hard left and thus twist around 
her approaching bow^ and receive but a glancing blow^. 
The distance narrowed. Her huge bulk rapidly approached. 
The moment came. The port engine was stopped. The 
rudder sw^ung left and the Henderson veered about the 
Finland's bow, and received the shock amidships, a crash- 
ing blow, but not a direct collision. The force of the 
compact made both ships quiver from stem to stern and 

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separated them for a moment, but again they struck as 
the Henderson forged ahead and yet a third time. 



/ 
/ 
/ 
/ 



THE FINLAND 




THE HENDERSON 

The Henderson's decks, just where the Finland 
struck, were filled with influenza patients, for scores of 
men were still prostrate from the disease, but fortunately 
none were hurt. A general alarm was sounded. Though 
the ship was badly buckled and life boats were carried 
away, water leakage was but slight and fortunately the 
sea w^as calm. Had either ship been disabled in the war- 
zone, just off the French shore, the story would not have 
ended so happily. 

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THE WAR RECORD 

The story of the U. S. S, Henderson is as eventful 
as any that can be found among American transports. She 
has experienced all that a vessel can experience in war 
time, with the exception of being torpedoed. She made 
her maiden voyage to France under unusual difficulties, 
she fought off submarine attacks, sister ships went down 
w^ithin sight of her decks, she ran short of fuel at sea, 
a fire almost ended her career, the impotence of the U-l 39 
may be due to her quickness, she experienced the miseries 
of the influenza epidemic, she felt the shock of a collision 
at sea, and she knows the pathos of bringing shiploads 
of wounded home. 

Together with the Leviathan, Agamemnon, Great 
Northern and Northern Pacific she heads the list for the 
greatest number of round trips made to France during the 
war, having completed ten w^hen the armistice was signed. 
She stands sixth among transports for the best record 
of days needed to make the cycle, having completed her 
best round trip in twenty-five days, and being outspeeded 
only by the Northern Pacific, the Great Northern, the 
Mount Vernon, the Orizaba, and the Leviathan. 

The U. S. S. Henderson shares a proud record with 
all w^ho fought for freedom. 




THE HENDERSON'S EQUIPMENT 

The U. S. S. Henderson is Naval Transport Number 
One. She w^as built at the Philadelphia Navy Yard and was 
designed as an advance floating marine base with accom- 
modations for a crew of about two hundred and space for 

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approximately fifteen hundred marines, together with 
stable space for thirty-six horses and complete fighting 
equipment. The Henderson's use in the war necessitated 
some minor changes as abolishing the space for the horses, 
increasing the number of the crew^, and installing standee 
bunks. 

The Henderson has a length of 483 feet, a beam 
of 63 feet and her displacement is 1 0,000 tons. She 
carries eight five-inch fifty-calibre guns and tw^o three-inch 
fifty-calibre anti-aircraft guns in addition to a depth charge 
launching device. 

She is equipped w^ith three oil-burning boilers and 
two reciprocating engines, developing 4000 horse-power, 
designed to make I 4 knots on 90 revolutions. She carries 
1 400 tons of oil, which at a speed of 1 2 knots gives her a 
steaming radius of 8000 miles. 



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Photograph of Nantes by Underwood and Underwood. 

THE HENDERSON'S FRENCH PORTS 
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THE WAR RECORD OF 



Cycle 


Port of Departure 


Date of Departure 


Port of Arrival 


Date of Arrival 




Philadelphia 


June 10, 1917 


New York 


June 12, 1917 


1 


New York 


June 14, 1917 


St. Nazaire 


June 27, 1917 


St. Nazaire 


July 5, 1917 


Philadelphia 


July 17, 1917 




Philadelphia 


August 5, 1917 


New York 


August 6, 1917 


2 


New York 


August 7, 1917 


St. Nazaire 


August 20,1917 




St. Nazaire 


August 26, 1917 


Philadelphia 


September 9, 1917 




i"hiladelphia 


September 17, 1917 


New York 


September 18, 1917 


3 


New York 


September 23, 1917 


St. Nazaire 


October 5, 1917 




St. Nazaire 


October 15, 1917 


Philadelphia 


October 27, 1917 



Sperry Stabilizer installed October 27, 1917, to January 20, 1918 



235 
3,448 



3,550 



235 
3.448 
3,550 



3,448 
3,550 





Philadelphia 


January 20, 1918 


New York 


January 21, 1918 


235 


4 


New York 


January 24, 1918 


.St. Nazaire 


February 5, 1918 


3,500 




St. Nazaire 

Nantes 

St. Nazaire 


February 9, 1918 
February 14, 1918 
February 16, 1918 


Nantes 
St. Nazaire 
Hoboken 


February 9. 1918 
February 14, 1918 
March 2. 1918 


45 

45 

3,448 




Hoboken 


March 3, 1918 


Philadelphia 


March 4, 1918 


235 




Philadelphia 


March 14, 1918 


Brest 


March 26, 1918 


3.550 


5 














Brest 


April 3, 1918 


Philadelphia 


April 14, 1918 


3,550 




Philadelphia 


April 23, 1918 


Brest 


May 6, 1918 


3,550 


6 














Brest 


May 11, 1918 


Brooklyn 


May 22, 1918 


3,448 



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THE U. S. S. HENDERSON 



lames of Troopships 


Names of Escort 

Through American 

Zone 


Names of Escort 

Through French 

Zone 


The U. S. Marine 
Un ts Carried 


Important Events 






Sth Reg. Hdqts., Co. 
and Band, Co; 47, 

51, 55 




[enderson, Momus, 
ntilles, Lenape 


Birmingham, Fanning, 
Smith, Lamson, Bur- 
rows, Aphrodite, Cor- 
air 


Wadsworth, Nichol- 
son, Cummings, Tuck- 
er, Benham 


Engine difficulties in- 
cident to ship's maid- 
en voyage 


eKalb, Pastores. 
'enadores, Henderson 




^everal French de- 
stroyers 








5th Reg. Base Detach- 
ment, Co. Hdqts.. Sup- 
ply, 7, 17, 18, 20, 30 


A submarine attack 
August 20, 1917 


inland, Antilles, Len- 
pe, San Jacinto, 
lenderson 


Montana, Jouett, Mo- 
naghan 


Jacob Jones, Ericsson, 
1 rippe, W'ainwright, 
Shaw, Rowan 




an Jacinto, Finland, 
intilles, Lenape, Hen- 

erson 


Noma, Kanawha IL 
Aphrodite 








6th Reg. 1st Battal- 
ion, Co. 74, 75, 76, 
95 


The .Antilles torpe- 
doed but 800 yards 
d'stant, October 17, 


inland, Antilles, Hen- 
erson, Lenape, Ka- 
awha 


Roe. Monaghan, San 
Diego 


Five American de 
stroyers 


1917 


lenderson, Antilles, 
V illehad 




Corsair, Alcedo, Ka 
nawha II 











5th Reg. 2d Battal- 
ion, Co. 78, 79, 80, 
96 


Fuel shortage due to 
delays caused by 


Henderson, Huron, 
'enadores. Mallorv 


■>Iorth Carolina and 
two destroyers 


rive American de- 
stroyers 


storms 










Drayton, Jarvis 








1 




1st Replacement Bat 
talion. Co. 134, 137, 
138, 139 




VlatKonia, Aeolus, fo 
:ahontas, Mai lory, 
Henderson 




Kocnester, Fanning, 
Cushing, Rowan, Win 
slow, Wilkes. Tucker. 
Wainwright, C u m ■ 
mings, Davis, Wads- 
worth, Caldwell, Nich 
olson 




Henderson, Matsonia. 
Aeolus, Worden 


Monaghan, Roe, Lam- 
son 




Aeolus, Huron, Sib- 
oney, Mallory, Tena- 
dores. Mercury, Hen- 
derson 




North Carolina, .\m- 
men, M c D o u g al , 
Wilkes, Parker, Allen, 
Terry, Beale, Win- 
slow 


3rd Replacement D*" 
tachment, Cu. 140 
144, 145. 146 




jreat Northern, Hen-j 
der=on i 


Warrington, Drayton, 
and a third American 
destroyer 





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THE WAR RECORD OI 



Cycle 


Port of Departure 


Date of Departure 


Port of Arrival 


Date of Arrival 


Mileagf 


7 


r>rooklyn 
Brest 


May 21. 1918 
June 14, 1918 


Brest 
Brooklyn 


June 8. 1918 
June 25, 1918 


3,448 
3,448 




Brooklyn 


June 30, 1918 


The third day at sea a serious fire oc- 
curred, requiring the ship to turn back 
to Philadelphia, where she arrived July 
6, 1918. 


1.400 





Repairs due to fire 


made July 7. 1918, to 


August 13, 1918 








Philadelphia 


August 13, 1918 


Brest 


August 25, 1918 


3,448 


8 














Brest 


August 29, 1918 


Brooklyn 


September 10. 1918 


3,448 




Brooklyn 


September 15, 1918 


Brest 


September 28, 1918 


3,448 


9 














Brest 


October 8, 1918 


Brooklyn 


October 21, 1918 


3,448 




Brooklyn 


October 28, 1918 


Brest 


November 9, 1918 


3,448 


10 














ARMISTICE 




Brest 


November 12, 1918 


Brooklyn 


November 25, 1918 


3,448 


11 


Brooklyn 
> Brest 


December 6. 1918 
December 24, 1918 


Brest 
Hoboken 


December 17, 1918 
January 5, 1919 


3,448 
3,448 


12 


Hoboken 

Brest 

Bordeaux 


January 16, 1919 
January 27, 1919 
February 3, 1919 


Brest 

Bordeaux 

Hoboken 


January 26, 1919 
Tanuarv 30, 1919 
February 23, 1919 


3,448 

350 

3,766 


13 


Hoboken 
Bordeaux 


March 3, 1919 
March 19, 1919 


Bordeaux 
Hoboken 


March 16, 1919 
April 2, 1919 


3,900 
3.766 




94,415 




Engines overhauled 


at Morse Dry Docks, 


Brooklyn, N. Y., Apr 


il 7, 1919, to May 19 


1919. 



36 



HE U. S. S. HENDERSON 



limes of Troopships 



Names of Escort 

Through American 
Zone 



^n Steuben. Siboney, 

iron. Mercury, Mal- 

y, Teiiadores, Mon- 

fia, LTlua. Amerika, 

inbau 

iron, Henderson. 

lerrv Leaf 



Sigourney 



Names of Escort 

Through French 

Zone 



Morth Carohna and 
five American destroy- 
-rs 



Gushing, Little, Loe, 
J'Brien; Burrows 



The U. S. Marine 
Units Carried 



1st MG Replacement 
Battalion. 4th Re- 
placement Battalion 



inderson, Mongolia, | At time of fire Paul Jones and Mayrant 
Steuben, Cala- turned back to Philadelphia with the Hen- 



.res, Siboney, D'Ab- 
rz\, Amerika, Pres- 
ent Grant, Huron, 
lUory, M e r c u r y, 
nadores, Zealandia, 
irsk, Madowska 



derson, while the Frederick, Calhoun and 
Seattle went on with tlie formation 



2nd Casual Battalion, 
Co. A, B, C 
Transferred to Von 
Steuben at time ot 
fire 



;nchuria, Matsonia, 
mderson, Huron, 
irtha Washington. 
olus, Nederlander, 
tria 



irtha Washington, 
derlander, Aeolus, 
tria, Henderson 



iland, Martha 
ishington, U 1 u a, 
;derlander, Pocahon- 
Aeolus. Kursk, 
whatan. Calamares, 
;nderson 



occasin. West 
:onk, Nederlander. 
enderson 



esident Grant, Pow- 
i t a n, Pocahontas, 
enderson, H u r o n, 
ilhelmina. N e d e i- 
nder, Ulua, Anti- 
nne, Mongolia. Cal 
aares, Pastores, Prin- 
ss Matoika 



Stringham, Seattle. 
P?rkins, Patterson and 
six SC boats 



Stringham, P u e b 1 o. 
New H a m p s h i r e, 
Stribling 



Nicholson, Cushing, 
O'Brien, Warrington, 
McDougal. Wick s. 
Tucker, Drayton, Er- 
icsson. 



Several American de- 
stroyers 



Several American de 
strovers 



3rd Battalion, Co. A, 
B. C. 4th Battalion, 
Co. A, B, C 



Important Events 



The fire Julv 2, 1915 
to July 5, 1918 



Louisiana and four 
.American destroyers 



Tarvis, Conners, Nich- 
olson, Ericsson, War- 
rington 



Seven American de- 
stroyers 



13th Reg., 3rd Battal- 



on. Co. 
L, M 



MG, 1, K, 



The influenza epi- 
demic 

The collision with the 
Finland, Sept. 27, 1918 



^fG Battalion. Co. A. 

B. C. D. 9th Sep 
Battalion, Co. A, B, 

C, D 




Since the armistice 
the Henderson ha' 
carried home casuals 
only, the majority of 
whom have been 
wounded soldiers 



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May Eighteenth, 1918 



NOTICE. 



1. The Captain takes pleasure in commun- 
icating to the officers and crew the impressions 
of Brigadier-General Doyen after accompanying the 
Captain on the weekly inspection. 

2. At the conclusion of the inspection the 
General remarked: "I cannot tell you my high 
opinion of the good order in which I found the 
ship. I have been told more than once, by 
officers arriving at the front, about the clean- 
liness of the Henderson, but it must be seen to be 
appreciated. I was also struck by the fact that 
during the inspection of the crew every man kept 
his head and eyes to the front except one Filipino 
whose curiosity got the better of him." 

3. These words from an officer of the rank 
and experience of General Doyen are indeed praise. 
The Captain takes pride in commanding such a ship 
and crew. 

GEORGE W. STEELE, 

Commander, U.S. Navy. 

Commanding. 



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THE OFFICERS 

Captain 
Captain William R. Savles, Jr., U.S.N. 

Executive and Gunnery Officer 
Captain William H. Shea, U.S.C.G. 

First Lieutenant 
Lieutenant Frank Schultz, U.S.N. 

Engineer Officer 
Lieutenant John L. Barn.swell, U.S.N. 

Navigator 
Lieutenant Q. R. Thomson, U.S.N. 

Cunununication Officer 
Lieutenant [j.g.) George F. Pushavv. U.S.N.R.P\ 

Medical Officer 
Lieutenant T. O. Summers. M.C. U.S.N. 

Dental Officer 
Lieutenant George S. Maynakd, D.C, U.S.N.R.F. 

Supply Officer 
Lieutenant Casper T. Fredrickson. P.C. U.S.N. 

Chaplain 
Lieutenant (j.g) Henry J. Fry. Ch.C, U.S.N. 



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LINE OFFICERS 

Lieutenant (j.g.) H. L. Carlson, U.S.N.R.F. 
Lieutenant (j.g.) R. L. Young, U.S.N.R.F. 
Ensign John J. Dem, U.S.N. 
Ensign Clay B. Eddy, U.S.N. 
Ensign W. J. F. Forward, U.S.N. 
Ensign Arthur S. Elzey, U.S.N.R.F. 
Ensign M. C. Doolittle, U.S.N. 
Ensign Daniel T. Duncan, U.S.N. 
Ensign Harry R. Eaton, U.S.N. 
Ensign Joseph B. Benedict, U.S.N. 
Ensign Walter A. Donop, U.S.N. 
Ensign Frank S. MacGregor, U.S.N. 
Ensign Chester A. Murray, U.S.N.R.F. 
Ensign Charles K. Smith, U.S.N. 
Ensign Milo Hazard, U.S.N.R.F. 
Ensign Robert W. Grubb, U.S.N. 
Ensign Arthur E. Pierce, U.S.N. 
Boatswain Albert F. Jeffrey, U.S.N. 
Machinist Henry S. Goucher, U.S.N. 
Machinist Victor LaCount, Jr., U.S.N. 
Gunner (E.) William H. Frizzle, U.S.N. 



The date of this roster is April 1, 1919. 
STAFF OFFICERS 

Lieutenant Leonard H. Denny, M.C, U.S.N. 
Lieutenant (j. g.) W. A. Cassidy, M.C, U.S.N.R.F. 
Ensign George W. Davis, P.C, U.S.N. 
Ensign Jesse S. Baer, P.C, U.S.N. 
Pharmacist R. H. Stanley, U.S.N. 
Carpenter August Steiner, U.S.N. 



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/// the stress of zvar duties, with the eounnissioning of new ships, 
and the reassignment of men to nezv positions, many zvho served 
aboard "The Henderson" during the zvar are not on the roster of 
the present date. "The Henderson's" zvar record includes the fol- 
lozi'itig names and dates of service : 



Captain George W. Steele, U.S.N. 
Commanding Officer, June, 1917, to August, 1918. 

Lieutenant-Commander W. C. Barker, U.S.N. 
Executive Officer, August, 1917, to February, 1919. 



Lieutenant S. W. Wallace May. 1917, to June 

Lieutenant-Commander F. R. King May, 1917, to April 

Lieutenant V. Wood May, 1917, to March 

Lieutenant (j. g.) W. A. Hall May, 1917, to December 

Lieutenant G. K. Arwin June, 1917, to January 

Lieutenant F. T. Stevenson May, 1917, to October 

Lieutenant R. F. Jones, M.C May, 1917, to December 

Lieutenant-Commander S. Hempstone, P.C June, 1917, to August 

Lieutenant H. D. Dougherty May, 1917 to June 

Lieutenant E. J. McCluen May, 1917, to November 

Lieutenant J. Feaster, C.C May, 1917, to September 

Asst. Pay Clerk W. C. Wood June 1917 to December 

Lieutenant (j. g.) L. S. Hill, P.C November. 1917, to May 

Lieutenant (j.g.) E. A. Green December, 1917. to January 

Lieutenant S. A. Folsom, M.C December, 1917, to October 

Ensign C. J. Lamb December, 1917, to October, 

Gunner (R.) G. D. Gaffney February, 1918, to April 

Lieutenant G. Bannerman April. 1918, to January- 
Lieutenant J. R. McKean June. 1918. to November 

Ensign C. E. Eaton June, 1918, to October 

Lieutenant Earl T. Brown June. 1918. to August 

Ensign F. H. Flagg June, 1918. to January 

Lieutenant (j. g.) R. Rush June, 1918, to August 

Lieutenant (j. g.) W. D. Sample June, 1918. to August 



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Ensign B. Ellison June, 1918. to September, 1918 

Ensign T. H. Enright June, 1918, to October, 1918 

Lieutenant K. D. Legge July, 1918, to January, 1919 

Ensign C. J. Shull June, 1918, to December, 1918 

Ensign B. J. Eastman June, 1918, to October, 1918 

Ensign N. W. Emery June, 1918, to October, 1918 

Gunner (O.) W. S. Durkee June, 1918, to April, 1919 

Lieutenant H. A. Horax June. 1918. to July, 1918 

Lieutenant (j. g. ) C. J. Hambe June, 1918, to July, 1918 

Lieutenant (j. g. ) A. Swendsen June, 1918, to July, 1918 

Ensign A. S. Garrison October, 1918, to April. 1919 

Lieutenant W. P. Herbst, M.C October. 1918, to April, 1919 

Boatswain W. H. Pate. October, 1918, to April, 1919 

Ensign W. H. Hamilton October, 1918, to April, 1919 

Ensign N. J. Elmes November, 1918, to March. 1919 

Lieutenant (j. g.) E. L. Dow. Jr.. D. C December, 1918. to April, 1919 

Ensign E. C. Bonnevier. P. C January, 1919, to February, 1919 

Lieutenant (j. g.) C. Steinhauser, M. C January, 1919, to March. 1919 



MORALE UNIT 

Lieutenant William Veit. Chaphun, U. S. Army 

Mr. Harold H. Shaw. Major, American Red Cross 

Mr. John Acheson, Y. M. C. A. Secretary 

Mr. William C. Owens, A', of C. Secretary 



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F. J. FiNLEY, C.M.M. 

James Carr, C.C.M. 

M. E. Wallace, C.C.Std. 

J. L. ZuiKis, C.M.M. 

J. Waite, C.B.M. 

C. W. Weber, C.Q.M. 

W. H. Reichenbach, C.W.T. 

E. W. Wennerlind, C.P.M. 

C. Hartman, C.B.M. 

W. A. Truitt, Jr., C.Y. 

J. L. Myers, 



C. H. Hemerley, C.Y. 
H. T. Potter, C.S.K. 
M. Dill, C.M.M. 

E. M. Hagaman, C.C.M. 
G. SiNGEL, C.G.M. 

A. T. Connolly, C.Y. 
L. C. Elmendorf, C.Y. 

F. C. McHenry, C.S.K. 

W. F. Palmer, Bandmaster. 

H. Gill, C.Y. 

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FlTZGER/lLD-E/^STM/lN — 5LEDODM1CK— HUTCHINSON — H0/<0 

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'/^ HOLD-UP IN THE FOURTH DIV. L/SEI^TY*' 

?rom S1D3jIGHTS, Trip 12, tlo. 15. 



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THE CREW 



Adams, Jr., Frank C. 
Albert!, Ralph 
Alderson, Frank H. 
Allen, William H. 
Alley, Maurice A. 
Alston, Rutledge B. 
Anders, Albert W. 
Anderson, Edwin C. 
Anderson, Fred E. 
Anderson, Oelwein P. 
Anderson, Reinholt V. 
Anding, Rea E. 
An^oscico, Joseph 
Arabian, Sam 
Armour, James E. 
Armstrong, William J. 
Arnstein, Louis 
Asinas, Macario 
Asprer, Roman 
Astorga, Doratio 
Auker, William S. 
Avery, Benjamin F. 
Azucenas, Monico 

Bailey, William H. 
Bainbridge, Samuel R. 
Baldwin, Glen O. 
Banica, Antonio 
Barbour, Bayliss L. 
Bateman, Frank L. 
Beachum, Rupert H. 
Beatty, Thomas A. 
Beaver, Clyde A. 
Beck, Leo E. 
Bednar, Robert J. 
Bell, John E. 
Benbow, Charles L. 
Bennett, Harry M. 
Bird, Jr., Clarence 
Blackwell, Clyde E. 
Blackwell, James J. 
Blumenthal, Myron S. 
Boehm, Norman L. 
Bolte, Arthur B. 
Borromeo, Modesto 
Bowers, William C. 
Boyd, Paul C. 
Brady, Alichael J. 
Branstetter, Dewey 
Brewer, Forrest A. 
Brians, Hugh L. 
Brightwell, Ewing M. 



Brothers, Stanley 
Brown, George L. 
Brown, James M. 
Brownrigg, Harold C. 
Brunner, Herbert J. 
Bryan, Walter G. 
Bulakha, Jose 
Burgess, Archibald 
Burke, Richard F. 
Burke, William V. 
Burkhalter, Joshua 
Bursch, Charles F. 
Butler, Basil P. 

Cabrera, Eugenio 
Cade, Roy 
Cagley. Kenneth B. 
Calvert, Napoleon B. 
Campbell, George F. 
Carleton, Donald D. 
Carroll, John J. 
Carter, Reuben R. 
Ceska, Albert 
Chamberlain, Elias D. 
Charles, John 
Cheek, John M. 
Chesterson, Warren G. 
Christensen, Homer W. 
Christenson, Raymond P. 
Clark, Jr., Arthur Albert 
Clark, Alfred O. 
Clemente, Ramon 
Colby, Jr., Frank C. 
Collins, Mark L. 
Comer, Evan M. 
Comer, Floyd J. 
Cosick, Stephen J. 
Cooke, Stephen B. 
Coulter, Clarence S. 
Coupe, Lawrence E. 
Courtney, William S. 
Cox, Charles 
Crispin, Charles B. 
Crookshank, Burgie C. 
Cummings, Eulus L. 

Davis, Carl P. 
Davis, Robin W. 
Dayton, Wayne 
DeGroot, Leon 
Deliz, Peter Jose 
Dettling, Anthony 



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-WUFfi-l*?' 



THE CREW— Continued 



Devine, Michael G. 
Dillinger, Alphons M. 
Donnelly, John M. 
Duncan, William R. 
Dupree, Robert S. 
Dwyer, Herbert L. 

Eastburn, Earl 
Eastman, Herbert G. 
Ellingwood. John R. 
Ellis, James C. 
Engebrigtson, Leonard J. 

Faricy, James J. 
Ferrier, Leonard S. 
Fields. Dall 
Fisher, Iman J. 
Fitch. Earl Fredrick 
Fitzgerald, George W. 
Florio. Anton 
Forney, Robert L. 
Foster, Robert B. 
Friedman, George W. 
Fry, Glen H. 

Gallagher, Harold F. 
Garbarino, Joseph V. 
Gates, Frank B. 
Ginsberg, Harold W. 
Glenn. Harry 
Godsey, Richard M. 
Goldstein, Nathan 
Graham, Grant Howe 
Gray, John Thomas 
Grebe, Frederick H. 
Greeley, James P. 
Griffin, Alexander W. 
Guerra, Michael 

Haag, Walter E. 
Hackman. William J. 
Hafifner. Carl F. 
Hallam, Willard V. 
Hamilton. William J. 
Hammel. Henry M. 
Harmon. Curtis P. 
Hayes. Frank L. 
Heilman. Harry L. 
Hetherton, William H. 
Hobson. Jr.. Johnny 
Hoch. Wilbur A. 
Holstein, Clarence E. 
Holtman, Eddy E. 



Hoppe, Frederick 
Howe, Alfred C. 
Howell, Eugene A. 
Hren, Frank J. 
Hussey, Irvin Rutledge 
Hutchinson, Ross R. 
Hutchinson. Walter J. 

James. Wilbur O. 
Johnson, Harold S. 
Johnson, John M. 
Johnson, Stephen 
Jones, Glen 
Judd, Leonard E. 

Kadan, Oscar 
Kaminetsky. Louis 
Kaplan. William 
Keating, William J. 
Kelly, Budd 
Kelly. Desmond R. 
Kenney, John P. 
Kenny, Marvin C. 
Kerwien. Julius 
Kiley, Michael A. 
Killgore, Curtis M. 
Kipp, Wilford E. 
Koehler, Roy C. 
Koket, Louis 
Koko. Lewis 
Kreig, Valentine T. 
Knest, George E. 

Lang, Jacob J. 
Leible, Harry J. 
Liberty. George W. 
Lind. Clarence C. 
Loebs, Arthur E. 

McCarthy, Charles D. 
McCallick, James F. 
McDonald, John W. 
McKiernan. Thomas P. 
Mackiewicz. Jacob 
Mangrum, Lewis 
Marcoski. Joseph 
Matany. Andrew J. 
Meier. Ferdinand 
Middleton, George 
Miller. Edgar M. 
Miller, Swan 
Mitchell, James William 
Money, Jr., James C. 



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THE CREW— Continued 



Moren, Mauritz N. 
Mozley, Karl 
Mullaney, John M. 
Mumford, John W. 
Murphy, Clyde W. 
Myers, William C. J. 

Nahrwold, Edward A. 
Nettleton, John James 
Norris, Warren D. 

O'Connor, John G. J. 
O'Malley, Thomas J. 
Odell, Joseph L. 
Ofifutt, Andrew I. 
Oliver, Tom G. 
Overberg, Harry J. 
Owens, William V. 

Pajardo, Ceriaco M. 
Parker, Frank 
Pate, William J. H. 
Paynter, Roy H. 
Peters, Claude S. 
Peterson, Clement S. 
Pickard, Aaron 
Pilger, Martin Francis 
Poor, William 
Potter, Harold T. 
Price, Troy E. 
Paisley, James P. 

Queen, Clifford A. 
Quitzau, Harry A. 

Raeside, John 
Ressler, Harry B. 
Reynolds, Arch G. 
Richards, Stanley Ellsworth 
Rinehart, Frank 
Rodgers, Coleman 
Rogers, Otis W. 
Rohlfs, Frederick F. 
Rohrman, Charles L. 
Roth, George 
Royky, Leon S. 
Russell, Charles J. 

Sangalang, Vincente 
Sauerheber, Russell J. 
Schauble, Harry C. 
Schmidt, Irwin A. 
Schnur, Edmund B. 



Searles. Claude P. 
Segal, Samuel 
Selbe, Carl L. 
Selman, John R. 
Shaffer, Clifford T. 
Shaw, Carl E. 
Shymire, Joseph W. 
Singer, Oscar A. 
Slay, Earl E. 
Slebodnick, John 
Smith, Charles H. 
Smith, Harry H. 
Snelling, Sam L. 
Snyder, Luther A. 
Spencer, Eber Allen 
Steacker, Joseph H. 
Stone, Sangster S. 
Sukel, Stephen J. 
Sullivan, Frank J. 
Svatos, Joe L. 
Swanson, Edward F. R. 
Szczepanski, Max F. 
Szpakowski, Michael H. 
Strickland, William W. 
Streck, Max A. 

Tagarao, Genaro 
Telke, Henry W. 
Telke, Howard 
Tennant. Earnest E. 
Thelen, Herman A. 
Tomes, Edward F. 
Troth, Hobart L 
Trummell, Henry D. 

Vanker, John L. 
Vargo, John 
Voit, George W. 
Volk, Wallace T. 
Vrastil, Frank J. 

Waak, Henry C. J. 
Wade, Charles O. 
Wade, Robert M. 
Ward. Harold L. 
Washington, Isaac E. 
Watkins, Wallace U. 
Webber, Randall B. 
Wentzel, Alfred H. 
Westcoatt. William H. 
White, William H. 
Whitehead, Clyde E. 
Williams, Clifton 



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FROM BRIDGE TO GALLEY 



DDE TD RflGS 






!^^ 5 







TTT^, 



To thee, small hound of gentlsr 
sex, 

Reomited from the city streets, 
Spending thy days upon the main. 
The mascot of th« Henderson, 
Wondering aimlessly aboard. 
Now teas6d but loved by' one and 

all. 
To thee I dedicate an ode. 
I've watched thy growth through 

budding youth. 
Thy days in puppy pleasures spent, 
And now though thou hast more of 

years 
Art still on canine mischief bent. 
It seems that poise and calm 

intent 
And placid judgement's surer ways 
Will never find their place in 

thee. 
Rags, wilt thy spirit ne'er 

mature? 
Thy speeding after far flung 

balls. 
Thy leaps into the air, they show 
An aspect seeking baubles still - 
Pood and petting, naught beside. 
Unless it be the hour of sleep 
Upon some soft and downy bunk. 
Ah Rags, how canst thou find a 

way 
Of growth, 
Of betterment. 
Of regeneration, 
Of reaching after self's full 

powers. 
Of casting off thy idle ways. 
Of turning from the paths that 

lead 
To aimless gains. 
To empty spheres of being. 
To bitter fruits of carelessness 
And selfishness. 
And a characterless maze 
Of fruitless hours 
And unproductive days? 
May it not be that motherhood, 
A boom that now may come to thee. 
May temper yet thy foolish mood 
And bring thee sober gravity. 
\Gcept I urge the canine mate. 
The princely hound of lengthened 

jaw 
Who doth begrace the Captain's 

cabin, 
NIP?ER HATH COME. 
And if art blest with brood of 

tender pups. 
Mayhap the finer urgings of thy 

soul, 
'.'Vhich now lie dormant, 
Will blossom into full fruition. 
And 'call-ed" forth from thy past 

aimless days. 
Wilt know the joys of better ways. 

C.C. 
From SIDELIGHTS 
Trip, 13, No. 8 




[<AGS 
The Mascot of the Henderson 



GF?EAT STUFF 5HirMATE , 
JU5T HOLD THAT EAPRE^^ION 
FOR f\ FEW MINUTES ? 




WJFF-R 



CARTOONIST FORWARD GETTING EXPRESSIONS. 



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rs , 

THE SflLTT DRILY PRPEH 

PUBLISHED OH THE HIGH SEAS ABOARD TEE U.S.S.HEHDERSON 
"To Brighten the Ship and Lighten the Trip" 

Editor: Chaplain Henry J. Fry. Associate Editors: The Crew, 

Cartoonist: Rnsign W. J. P. Forward. 



TEE FOLLOWING PAGES AEE RR?HO- 
mCTIOHS FROM SOJ-ffi OP THE 
ORIGINAL MIMEOGRAPHED SffRETS. 
THEY WILL INTEREST YOU, SINCE- 



S[DELiGHTS,f DB THE DRM, 

Announces the moving pictures, the 
"sings", "stunt nights" , band 
programs, librafy hours, meet- 
ings of crew's organizations, 
lectures by returning officers, 
and the Sunday sortrices. 

Promotes and arranges the boxing 
bouts, orgmlzation of basket- 
ball, baseball and other sports. 

■prints the daily world news re- 
oeived by radio and is the med- 
Ijim of general ship notices. 

Innovates and promotes improve- 
ments for the crew's welfare, 
such as improving the reception 
room, getting better movies, 
securing new boote and maga- 
zines, an3 similar things. 

Is a center of daily interest in 
the routine of ship life; is 
an open forum for general dis- 
cuss ion; devel 
opes an esprit 
de corps ;gives 
many a laugh 
by its cartoons 
jokes, boosts, 
aa3 bangs. 

Relates local ship's 
happ enings , gives 
data on the troops 
oarried. Has 
special articles, 
and drops a ser- 
ious thought or 
two. 

Is a memento of 
the cruise for 
after years, 
and copies 
sent home, and 
parts printed 
in local papers 
gives publicity 
to the ship, as 
has been the case 
in the Hew York 
Tribune, and Phila 
delphla Ledger. 




S[DELiBHT3.F0RTHE: TfiDFS, 

A.t once introduces them, to all the 
various ship's activities for 
crew, in which they are includ- 
ed. 

Announces the daily welfare pro- 
gram of the "Y", Red Cross, and 
"K of C" for their Issues of 
fruit, candy, chocolate, gum, 
"smokes", books, writing paper, 
magazines, athletic goods, 
games, and other things to maKe 
the voyage comfortable. 

Introduces the troops organiza- 
tions and personnel to each 
other, makes clear the ship's 
routine and the various act- 
itities for the homeiA'ard trip. 

Is the medium for 'lost and found' 
information concerning Red Cross 
Home Service work, etc 

,Is a renemberance of the westbouna 
trip from France. 

SLDELISHTS, 

FDR FDLKSHr 

Gives a picture of 
navy life, through 
tbe cartoons, the 
notices, write- 
ups and personals. 

Is almost as good 
as a letter, and 
is an addition 
to any letter 

Gives a glimpse of 
the hapoier hours 
at sea, and the 
efforts put forth 
to mate the life 
normal under ab- 
normal conditions 
through books, 
mnsic, entertainment 
lectures, religious - 
services and other 
activities. '' 



THE HENLSRSON HEWS. 
December. 11, ,1918" - TutllahecT on 'tlie High Seas - Tol. I - "iTo. 1. 

Here's to The Henderson News! Will she die yoixng or 
AHNOUNCEHENT grow to a good old age? It all depends on ALL of us. 

We hope she may someday leave behind her mimeograph 
swaddling-clothes and blossom Into a linotype metropolitan daily. 
The Hews can injeot a new spirit and a new esptit de corps into the 
crew If we ALL get together andpush. 

The Henderson News will annotmce our movie programs, 
our evening "sings", the Sunday services, evening classes, special 
features of all tlnds, and eventually the band concert programs, 
when that long -hoped-for aggregation arrives. It will let you know 
when' the new library will be open for drawing boofcs. It will baclcup 
and discuss all possible improvements for the welfare of the crew, 
for The Henderson Hews is first and foremost for the CREW. It will 
be an open forum for contributions of all kinds. It may be used as 
a medium for announcing executive orders, as the Issues will reach 
everyone aboard. It will give us Information about the troops we 
carry home - where' they fought, what they did, who their commanding 
officer is. It will have a Knocker's Kolom for slaps and bangs. It 
will retail the toughest Ladle's Home Journal Jokes as fillers. There 
will be editorials, cartoons, sporting write-ups of the athletic 
events, bits of poetry, and a proverb or two in the lower left hand 
corner. And we will print the daily news which will come as special 
correapondance to The Henderson Bewa, copyrighted, .1918, etc. 

An editorial staff of men and officers will be form- 
ed for getting 'copy'. We are counting on YOU to make the Hews go. 

SCORES OP MAGAZINES 0? CURREHT ISSUES 
HAVE BBEH PUT INTO QIRCULATJEOH DUEIRG 
THE PAST THREE DAYS, 

BRI NG BACK YOITR COPY 
FOR THE SAE2 05" TSE MK'i MAR. ■•TAKE IT 
TO THE RECEPTIOH R60M.KEEP THEM MOVING. 

PLAJJS FOR TEE PDTURE 

More space Tor reading, writing, and 
listening to the phonograph. 

Movies for the crew on th^ HOMEWARD- 
BOUND trip in the carpenter shop. 

Window seats and pictures in the 
reception room. 

A Glee Club, A Bible Study Class. 



TO-NIGHT 

6,45 A "SING", featuring The: 
Harmony Qaartet,te. : 

7.00 "THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY": 
Five reels featuring"* 
Dorothy Bernard. 

8.30 "LAWYER'S COURTSHIP" 

9.00 "PAPA'S BABY". Comedies. 

How about a Ship's 
Ball? 



W« have the stuff aboard for 
a Christmas Party that will 
make Christmas seem like 
Christmas. 



We are gplng to run prize contests for a salty name for this paper, as 
wall as a motto. Announcement later. 



BACK UP TEE HENDERSON HEWS 



HER PURPOSE IS TO ' HELP THE CREW 



THE EIHST ISSUE DP THE SHIP'S FBPER. 



o 
C - M 

R - A 

E - Y 

W of T 1 

5 u.s.s.ro rosRsoN i 

WAS ^ITH the first TO ?^S!ifcE~IH JUNE 1917 AND) 

EAS been OH THS JOB EVER SINCE. CARRYING ) 

MARINES AND SAILORS OVER AND WOUNDED BACK~) 



;!-L-ll__!:^_:. Thursday, Pe'^ruary, 6, 



:E919. 



sAtmLm^s..^^^^u}omKimms 




The especial honor has been bostov/ed upon me to address a fit- 
ting word of welcome to you - the ftrave we carry home - but 
verily I can do you but insufficient honor. Kay, in sooth, it 
is ourselves v;e honor in the honoring of you. But I were un- 
faithful to my trust and it wore indeed most unseemly did I nox 
attempt to speak in my voice, the voice of all officers and men 
of our g6ode ship - the voice which announces in uneniraity - 
"Welcome". We do intend to provide you with a most pleasuraole 
journey to our dear l?,nd and. we do cherish the hope that ycu 
will never let fado from your memories our good ship which 
carries her precious load of heroes from historic yesterdays to 
sweet morrows shared in peace with those beloved. 



T-niT Tr~J Are v6u ready'' SING! Uliether it's an oldtime 
.VlMriioon Sngfor the^iatest Broadway hit or ^ Parody 
OUMLlon last year's war song, or whethc-r ij's a well 
known h^-mn tune; v/hether-ifs just listening to the man who can 
put it over solo fashion, or humming along with -/°3-^^^|r 
harmony quartette, or all joining in together on a song sii^J 

thyorm on the screen - if it's singing. ^^.^llU'^'tha hrold. to- 
eiway the blues, and whiles away the time and gets^the^crovm^-co 

e«^^^^' So, . "^^ line"oi"t>lly' or if you 

can do eny sort of 
entertainment stunt, 
whether it b© musical, 
or clogg d?.ncing, or 
reciting,, or whatever i^ 
may be. Wq can use sep- 
erate numbers between 
the movie reels, end 
v/hat ia more we oen 
work up an all-fita^ 
vaudoville ^^^"^ij^f^.^ 
the orew haa tglent for 
a starter end all two 
need is several npnbsts 
from the passengers. 

30 wl-its your name, 
and stunt, and the num- 
ber of your oCmpartment 
on a bit of paper and 
drop it in Sidelights 
box in the barber shop, 
or see the ship's chap- 
lain. Don't think tliat 
your stunt is not good 
cncuj^ii. Tallc it over. 



Are you ready? 
SIUG!! 

Some of 
bur passenger 
can give us 
songs between 
the movie reels. Vie 
have the materials^^ 
for making song slidas 
so the vfhole crowd can 
jToin in- on the chorous, 
Perhaps the na^cings of 
a quartette has already 
p]?ut in its appear- 
ance. Quartette music 
is aboard ready for 
uge. If there is 
a, piano player a- 
board who needs the' 
scorej, or a violin 
artisr, all he has to 
do to get music is to 
ask the Chaplain. 

You will help 
the spirit of the 
crowd if you can 







SIDELICH(E 



^^ ^ ^MstAi. 



BRIEF PERSONAL MENTION 

Captain Robert W. Daniel, U.S.A. is a passenger aboard the Hen- 
derson, carrying with him to 

France two million dollara in currency weighing about ten tons I 
The two chief reasons for sending United Gtates currency *nd 
coin to Franco, fet this time, are the protection of our returning 
troops and the aiding of French exchange. Heretofore, many of our 
boys have landed in America with' French rfroney which they have 
had to eicchange -at a severe loss, which has also depreciated the 
value of the franc, which is already low. To remedy these con- 
ditions the V/ar Department is now shipping United States money 
to Trance where the returning troops can exchange their mofiey 
before they sail giving them a benefit of a fair rate and putting 
their countries money in their .pockets for'use aboard ship and 
upon debarking at home. General H. M. Lord," Director of Finance, 
has designated Captain Daniel to inaugurate this plan in France, 
hence ho ia aboard with much filthy lucre. 

Chaplain ¥/illiam Veit, U.S.A. is aboard the Henderson in accord- 
ance 'vith the plan of the I7ar De- 
partment to do all possible for the returning troops. IVhile his 
v/ork viTill have to do chiefly with the returning* boys he is anic- 
ious to be of service to the men of our crew in an3'' possible'^^^and 
is cooperating 'with Chaplain Fry and Secretary Atchison* Chap- , 
lain "ii'Qit ie a priest frorn Sioux City, lon&» He had his training 
6S a Chaplain at the Cba,plain's School at Camp Taylor and is now 
fulfilling his first appointment as Army- Chaplain assigned to 
The U.S. S.Henderson. 

lieutenant D.M. Fleming, U.S.A. has also been assigned tfl the 

Henderson for duty. In order 
that the debarkation and distribution of home-coming troops 
v/ill proceed with the least possible delay, the V/ar Department, 
in conjunction with the Navy authorities arranged a course of 
instruction for about a hundred and f iftj^' Army officer^- td 
train t^iem to facilitate the movement ot troops. Each officer 
upon completing the course was tl>en assigned to a U. fl.-Navy 
Transport as Transport Personel Adjunt, his duties being those 
of Liaison officer bet-v/een the authorities of the p(yrts of 
debarkation ?.nd embarkation; Co-ordinating Offltfer betv/een the 
Navy and Army Officers aboard ship* and assistant to the Com- 
manding Officer of the returning troops. 



FATO.IERS - DIARYMEH - MIIKI.IAIDo •>- ATTENTIOtn. 

A discussion of t^st eoientlfid import v/as held at the Senior 
Officer's Mess last nights The subject possesses more comple::ity 
than the priority of the hen or the egg, and 1-9 as readily solved 
as the consequenoe of oontaot between an Immovable body and an ir- 
risistable fores* An erudite battle rago^ between the redoubtable 
gladiator of roason, lieutenant Thomson, anc|. that potential lan- 
cer of logic, .Chaplain Fry, The stupendous subject ia none other 
than the proper geographical," position from whloh t<5, take up that 
maidenly task of inducing laotlo ilu'id' from tli9- bovine speoies, 
or as it Is tritely put by ,the- practiced artifioer 'oX thei^ftsk: 
"From whicli side do you milk a cow?" ^ ^ -a 

In several of the premises the two scholarly ppponenta find 
themselves .in agreement. These premises briefly are: F^rat^ that 
all oowB not manifesting carnivorous impulses may -be approached 
from forvi/ard. Second, the operator proceeds on a m-ain lina.to 
the woll-deolc meanwhile keeping a weather eye on the g t era snoots.- 
The point of contention is: SHOULD THE' COW BE KIIKED FROM (CHE 
PORT OR STARBOARD SIDE? The Bureau for the Fecilitatloa of OOW 
Milking has offered the prize of one Havanna- filled olgax for the 
winner of the debate. The Chaplain holds that the starboard Is 
the prcper side, while lieutenant Thomson maintains that It ia 
the port, side*' Bo agreement ia in sight and a reward of 17,000,000 
pesos in Villa money or «15 in American money will be awarded to 
the person helping in th© solution, iQt us have a lette^frpmYOU* 



PUBLISHED ON THE HIGH\SEAS ABOAHI* THE U;3.S .HENDBRSOB 
Trip 12 - IIo. 10. Friday, J'ebruery, 7, 1919. 




Boxing- 



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.OL 



passengers how many mitt art- 
ists r'.rc there cnong you? If 
you produce the goods v;e can 
arrange a boxing 'tcuraament 
for tno crev/ has the rj;cn to 
meet all weights. How about 
putting on an afternccn's pei>- 
fcrT.ancc of siX'Or seven 
bcut3. Drop your iname,v/eisht, 
and compartment uurnber iu 
SidolifJits' box, or se-e the 
Chaplain. V / 

•'V^^DVI EI S 

There will be no movies to- 
day for .-pacsengcrs or crev/ 
because of keeping conpart- 
irents clean for to-morrow's 
inspection after to-day's 
field day. pield day 'in A505 
yesterday unexpectedly pre- 
vented performcnce of announc- 
ed movies . 

Movies To-Fight- 
PAS5Ef^(3ER OFFICER'S I^CSS 
. 7.30 . 



CurreTit Elvents Club X-Nlgkt 

A meeting of the Ci-ew's Current 
Stents Club will be held this 
evening in the C.P.O. Hess, 
port side of main declc, at 6 
o'clock thiQ evening. All reg- 
lar membea-s vnill be present 
and new members are vjelcome. 
The magazines 'of tho crew's re- 
ception room give us all the 
material. we nee'd for working 
up the papers read at the 
meetings and for taking part 
in the, general discussions 
which follov. Here is a way of 
keeping in touch with the 
world's events while we are 
isolated at sea. Will YOU join? 



Oh, you politicians 

Like yoemen and ijLUsicians. 

You've got the sofest billet 

And you don't work hardto fill it. 

Oh, you politiclai*is. 

You've got it soft, that's "true,. 

But some fine day 

I'll find a way 

To get a drag and make it pay. 

Then I'll be corkin' off with you. 

That's true. P.CiA. 



I iiiiii«if< 



FOOD WILL WIN THE 
WAf?;POMT waste: IT 





Officer to sea-8ic» negro soldier: "Is yo;^.^'^*?f °^jSn" 
8ea-3ick negro soldier to officer: «No, Suh, Vs aiyi 
J eat RB far aa the rest of them, Suiu 

Up yuh come, sailorsi Snap out of the hopi We want news as 
lively as misquitoes in Jersey. You fellows with a strangle 
hold on the scuttlebut, don't act as If you had writers cramp 
Keep your ear glued to the conversational buzz ana build up 
a connection with Sidelights. We want dope enough to keep the 
editors as busy as a one-armed floor layer with the hives. 
Don't pass the buck when you get an earful. Wear out the 
Sidelights' boxes. Come across. Up yuh come! 



SIT). "2 LIGHTS 



^uLu fib our Cows 



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Dere Editor: Well I'll be 30I durred 
ef ever I beam tell of seoh oonflab- 
, „„, ,j.^^g^g(j fooli3hiiess> 

Amillcin' a cow on the 

left side! Why gosh 

my ew&buokles, my son 

In lav;, Sixes - v/ell, 

his v;iffe, Anemia - 

you see, she's from 

the city and don*t 

know nothin' Better '- 

she est out ono day, 

it was only last 

month ef I recolleot 

rishtly, to milk our 

old Bess and gosh al- 
mighty ef she dld'nt 

Bet her stool on the 

left side of that ' 

i yignt slde.'^ J mully. I did presumw likely, Bess would kinder 

'^'^"'"'*' "*• resent sech tomfool treatment, hut durted my 

quid, dld'nt Bess, our gentle old mully, let go with her hind leg 
and Amenia is Jest now ahout s."6le to, do light chores around the 

^^-.«.-»- -"—^ house - Bess mairled her so. Ho oow, nohow-.kin 

I etand for left handed mllkin* . It's aginst 
•Usture. It's agingt' all common slnse, why 'even 
• Tom Carlton, v/hat aint quite right In his head, 
J would Irnow that much. Enybody'd know that much. 




"I ain't no city swell, 
kin see." 



ye 









. Bet 



I ivell, iQBt to show you that i knows wh^t'I 
I know I enclose my picture, "— — -^..-a< -- 



"oia ]^S3 - thfe 

earns cow - a'bein^ 
mllJcad iyom the 
left side." 



- _ ^ ^ You can print' et you 

I want. I aint got no objections. You kin kinder 
I slz» me up, that I aint no city sv/ell, but I 
» know what I !mow about oows you kin bet. My. 
J Bon Jim, what'8 bin to college, he's a xegnlar 
I picture taker with his oamexa. He has all kinds 
I Of views from the old place. iVell he was azaak- 
* In' scenes v/hen Amenia v;as a tryin* to milk 
014 Bo*Q an?l by heok dld'nt he jest catch that mully' s durned ex- 
expresBion jest before she kicked. And I'm sending you another 
picture of Bess as she Iboka natural abein' milked fr6m the right 
side, Plottures don't lie, Me,. Editor, as Solomon said, ycu can't 
arg agin them. So here's my proof and I'lx be lookin' fur them 
lifteen jslllion pesos - or whatever they're called. 
Tory respgotfUlly, 

■Ezra Perkins, 

Ma Deah rdit«re \ 

Believe me, old top, was thoroughly distressed to learn of 
your BASfltly dllema. May it not be solved by referring to algebra. 
"Z** wonld equal the nnknovga side of the noble quadroped; "Y", the 
placid fluid; »na "2" the gentle animal herself. Hence s-y-z, 6.t<w 
Citn't <jult© v7ork it out myself , old fellow. Figures are auoh a 
box*, you, toaow. Ofoooxse the worthy oow presents the gaestion 
01 the eftemai fetalnine atlieswlae I should say it v/aa all bull; 
If the oontroVerey is from which side the oow should b© milked, 
It eeeras bally well certain thAt it is from the outside ♦ Ha.Ife. 
IJow having solved your problem, may I ask your assistance in solv- 
ing mina? where should J punch a oan of milk to open it.- pro- 
vided I obtain in some ralraculoua manner - the -can? 
ByeMthe-bye ; CHOLL:^ » 



"tn rare oesfes, on left hanflea faras, tiy force of habit, and 
to avoid diBsstea?, euoh dallssat^ ojie^-^tians as milking a cow oan 
only be ocsiduoted on the^ port sid0«'* 

•'I ^•llerv* the ald» for lalliiiBg all depends upon the cow. Never 
the-less a oow should .not be tallkQil froen the wrong side, or you 
vrf.ll reoeive nothing but buttermilK." 




■■■»■ « 

3 



HTSto 



PUJLISH3]) ON THE HIGH SEAS ABGAEB THE U.StS-.HENEERSON 
Trip 12 - Ko. 11. Saturday, February, 0,1919. 




The memorial aervioe A^hich 
will be held oh the welldeok to 
morrow raomin,'^ by Chaplain Fry 
Is in memory of one of the ship';: 
oorapany, Harry Albert Vemet. 
He was on a liberty party last 
Sunday morning making his way 
from the American docks to Bor- 
deaux, and was attempting to g:et 
a ride on an army truck, mount- 
ing it while in motion, when he 
was swung under the heavy wheels 
He died that afternoon, a young 
man ,1ust facing life, unexpected- 
ly out down. 



Look up and -not d6v;A» 
Look out end nqt in J' 
Look forward and not beck, 
And lend e hand. 



WJf F 

THE HENDERSON PEPYS J - " "" 

Arose betimes. A most thorough 
field day attempted In spite of 
the anger of the Sea Gods, whose 
full fury we' were maie to feel this 
day end whose augsr was. not to be 
appeased. Our. populax aong composer 
continues to enliven us vTlth his 
music. Good Cha^laitt Veit and Johu 
Aoheson, Esquire, engaged in plans 
for show, and more talent eagerly 
solicited. Ho cinema held forth' 
at eve but plans for better 
production expedited-* And so tobed 
et an earlier hour. 

,1 : * 

At chow, three hours after being 
Jabbed fcr typhoid, Micky ti^rned pale. 
Slats, at the end of the table, was 
watching him closely and 'sang outj- 

"Say Micky, if you faint, kin I 
have your pie?" 



CREW'S LIBRARY OPEN TONIGHT. This line is Just to fill theSpaae 



click; V V 



Crowded conditions in the carpenter shop have prevented a num., 
ber of the crew from enjoying the raoviea -on -t-he -hofnewrd 30urn«y/ 
.This" is now being changed and the ship's gang can have about the same 
■sort of evening's entertainment going west as thev enjoy on the trap 
to Prance. Prom tO'-^day on, our passenger troops will have their 
movies daily in A 505 so they will be expected not to enter 'the 

crew's regions duriilg the 
evenings in order that th« 
shi-o's compliment may hs^v^ 
the carpenter shop to then- 
selves. The moving picture 
m£.chine has been elCivated 
giving greatly' increased 
seating capacity as" ttae done 
in A 505-, The plana *ill be 
kept out of the "Cvaj? lashed 
to the hav;ser re'&ls and need 
not be moved, and the screen 
will be moved back, against 
the bulkhead. 

■There vrLll lie e Rood 
show to-night end another 
to-morrow night. See the 
uLiinwiiMPiimwi fwogram for the features. 

ETTCf? rt0V.ES FOf? THE CRfW lS!„?Stf S Su/f ° ''"" 




SIDELIGHTS 



the: fflE 



It 10 evidently President 
Wil««i«8 intention not to with- 
draw hl0 Interest frcaa the Peace 
Conference upon the ratification 
of a Society of Nations,- in view 
of the fact that he plans to re- 
turn to Europe, March, fifteenth, 
having remained in Washington only 
long encoigh to sign necessary 
bills during the last days of Con- 
great 

,««4.=?^®'®v'^?^ fighting in Berlin 
yesterday between the Spatacidee 
and government troops, a mob near 
the Alexandria Plaza disarmed sol- 
diers end tore off their uniforms 
and overturned machine gun trucks 
resultinc in Q riot costing many 
lives. 



The United States will 
ijiaintain an array of 'not less 
than half a million, which 
can be used wherever necessary, 
upon authorizaticai. 

The demobolization of 
Germany's army is almost com- 
plete, and the British staff 
does n6t think it is jiossible 
for Gerraajay nev./ to ciake a mil- 
itary effort. 

The Senate confirmed the 
nominatior of Crov/der s.4 Judge 
Advocate General of the army 
for another four year teim. 

A six millioa dollar rev- 
enue bill approved by the House 
last week was adopted late yes- 
terday by the Senate. 



SCUTTLEHfTTB DEIMUK TREMENS 

You who vAine about the ship's slow, toiling struggle to 
reach a western port, bah, it woxad fit you better to rake your 
brains for the prayor^'o^all babble in the deleriuii that creeps 
upon you unseen. You vrho dribble no:;, v.-ait - \yait, I say, till 
in your stark msdness you sink anid the hissing swirl of swishing 
v/ater. You laugh"? Ah, but our fuel is almost gene! The wind lises. 
Th« Hvet heads snap off like rifle bullets. The bulkheads bend. 
They give} You laugh? Wait. Cold and ioe and a wind of daemonic 
tury lie but a league ahead. Damp and chill in a fuel-less hull 
will you stand shivering, the marrow turning to ice in your bones. 
Your uncooked food will choke you. You will, desperately cling 
^2 yS!i^ hnnk. in the ship, rolli3ag and pitching, without power, 
at tne mercy of Hurculean seae. You try to standi on a treacher- 
ous deck, you a gyrating gesticulating madman, shou-ting to your 
miserable fellows above the howl of the rising tornaflo, trembling 
as the helpless bulk under your aching feet trembles an-d quivers 
under the merciless pounding of mountainous seas. Your curses ere 
drovraed in the thick flying spray. For every dai-k blue sea that 
crashes its v/eight over her v;eakening structure, there are a 
million more lying in wait, ip that driving fog. The seams 
weaken - a bulkhead gives av/ay - you rush to the deck, one of 
many crushing out each other's lives in a hellish race for 
safety. The cold pumps stand dumbly Idle, mocking you. She 
li5ts-you scream. You are wild eyed. You Jump". You struggle 
■end still you struggle' - you grow weaker - exhausted, you 
fight on - you, go dovm - a clutch - a rope - a life raft! Good 
God, you hope - you cling stiff and numb - an hour passes. You 
dream. You laugh and well you may if laughing you can sink thru 
the cold dark depth to your grave. A sea crashes over - you 
lose your grip. With a gasping purgle you give in. -You dotib ? 



*■ 



v.hen eight bells tolls the knell 

of parting day, 
And restless surfs run madly 

o'er the sea? 
Th- He-iiny homeward plods her 

weary v/ay 
And nj£kes us all as sore as we 

can be. 
L"*envoi - 
Her feeble thread across old. 

Hep tune's plain 
Doth give us all on board much 

cause for pain. 



LOST 

A sense of humor listening 
to scuttlebut; reading the ' 
stuff that is being passed 
cut" our speed. Hearing the 
darnphool questions about 
how mauay laiots v;e are not 
making-, how much oil we 
have'nt got, how many turns 
we've dropped, hov; many 
miles we did'nt cover. Gosh, 
hovj I suffer. 



MDYIES 



FOR THE grey: IN A-505 

FOR OFFICERS AND PASSENGERS 'IN P.O.lffiSS 
at 7.30 




SIDELIGHTS to 



PUBLISHED ON THE BIGH SEiS ABOARD THE U.3,S,HENDERS0B 
Trip 12 - Bo. 12. Monday, Pebraary 10,1919. 

T>^ MpvyywJa%M The Henderson" carries baclc to Araerioa the 
UlLIQmJliaJlL re,mains of Richard Norton, organizer and 
leader of the famous Norton^HarJes Amhulanoe Unit, the famous 
American Ambulance Service w/hioh he made possible. He called It 
into being during the early days of the war and it grew to num- 
ber eight hujadred cars. During the years when th© American flag 
v/as not seen on French soil, it was one of the few outposta of 
Americanism, representing the Stars and Stripeg to thousands of 
French soldiers whom it served, vd.th marked efficiency and un- 
tiring energy. Richard Norton, one of the first Americans to 
throw his energies into the struggle is fittingly returning to 
I'is native shores aboard the Henderson, the "first to Pranoo • 

Frk¥ TUo P«i/«i The people of the States through their 
iyJl ilVQ LjOvS. chosen welfare organizations are doing all 
In their power to make the return journey of their fighters as 
enjoyable as possible. The Red Cross has placed aboard , comf art 



kits, underwear and some candy. 



has also given 



, ..^.„^„^ „.v* ww.u^ ^v^wv.^ . The K. of C* nas aj.su ^xv^n 

some candy, smokes and athletic goods , The "Y" has placed' aboard 
tne lion's share of materials, including many movie films, 
oranges. and lomons; cigarettes, candy, magazines, writing-pap»r 
athletic neterials, song materials, and other things. Chaplain 
'^elt is coopferating with Secretary Atchison in distributing 
these things, and each day will see the men receiving some 
'■eminder of America's regard for l)er fighting men, 

TKo TJuiVy^^mAwt The crew is responding to the coning boxing 
iXlO iOUlfiamefll tournament and we ".expect the passengers to 
come across in the same style. Harmon,' Walton, Dettling and Put- 
«arae have already turned in their nanee, and many others are on 
the way. A hundred passengers are aboard who ere in physically 
lit condition end we are counting on several of them' stepping 
forward. The fight cannot have the interest possible, if the 
troops do not come across. The bouts will run but three rounds. 
It will not be a professional melee for blood, but all for gooa 
sport and an afternoon's entertainment for everybody, Come on. 



uKf^J^^JA^'lJ^ ^U'^P OV^ER THESIOE ANO 



^WIMONIN TO LCT THEf^ KNOW tV6t?£ COM) W 



OO YOUME/^N TO 

TtLLne -THMT IS 

LA<=,T SIX DAYS/ 



fTHERES WHef^E 1 
loFFTHE AZORES 



[MYOLO^fiVE HB.fl>F(0 



GZey. OLDCHRISTOPHCR 
C0LQMBU5 f^MOE. (T tN THREE 




VfllLY COnriENT ON SHIPS PROGRESS. 



S I'D E L I G H T S 



fflUffiSRiMa: 




"I'm encleiug a plioto of my first 
Igoon in baking." 



■^eer Edytor: 

I lowed as haow glad 
you'ns ud be to heam tell 
ine aboard this here ship. 
I aint eboastin that Iraa 
artist cause I'm just a 
ccnLTrion doughboy. They got me 
onto a detail down here in 
the'bakry fer quite a spell 
now, not as Ima baker but 
when we kum on yer ship, a 
fell.er what stutters and 
wears his sgts stripes up- 
side dovm he lined us up 
and said as how he wanted 
some bakers. Hone on us is 
bakers in the line so he 
lights onto a couple likly 
lobkin ones and sez you'll 
do. One of thm was me, so 
I was brought iAto the 



baiary. Ima ©lolosing & photo of my first lecon in balclng, but I aint 
akickin -as I'm a willing to do my bit so as how to get back to the 
plow. Them thejr frenoh gals and vin blancjie and csnyak is swell but 
give me the old USA and if miss Liberty ever sees me again after we 
Teach New York,, she'll hev to twrh and.lock the other way, Qauso "^'m 
headin' v;est. Joshua L. Dupps. 

P.S. - I hev a .hard time astandlng right'te-ide up on yer ship un 
account of these here hobnail boots of mine. 



ft PH^TflHJSLOVS 



Dear Ed- 
T^is is an 
Open letter 
to Eebel Pate 
Rebels I 
Understand 
That ypu are 
The boilermsker," 
If this is^tjrue, 
v.rtiat does a 
Boilermaker 
Do in the N&vy? 
It strikes me 
That you are 
About as busy 
As a policemen 
In Heaven. 
Hon&st,Reb, 
I wish you would 
Lend me a book 
■Which -.0 on tain 3 
The dope • on 
How to do it, 
Or rather, 
How to avoid 
Doing. .it_. 



Oh, would that I, my Mary, ware an aoid, 

A living acid; thou &n alkali 
Endov/'d with human sense, that, brought tog-etner 

We both might coalesce into one salt, 
One homogeneous crystal.- Oh» that thou 

-V/ert carbon, and myself were hydrogen; 
V/e would unite to form olefisnt gas, 

Or common coal, or naphthn. Would to heaven 
That I were posph»rous , and thou xvert lime I 

And we. of lime, composed & phosphuret. 
I'd be content to be sulphurio acid, 

So that thou might be- soda. In that case 
Ws shoula be Glauber's Salt. Wert thou Hagnesia 

Instead v;e'd form the salt knovm aS Epsom. 
Goulds »t thou potassa be,I,aqua-fortis, 

Our happy union should that compound form, 
Nitrate of Potash-otherwise saltpetre. 

And thus our several natures sweetly blent. 
We'd live and love together until death 

Should decompose the fleshly tertium quid 
ieaving our souls to all eternity^. 

Amalgamated. Sweet, thy nan© is Brlggs, 
And mine is Johnson. Wherefore should not ■v;e 

Agree to form a Johnsonate of Briggs. 



Request from yesterday's "Pepys": 

"Mayhaps a soft word from Sidelights may turn ll<^tune's mighty 
wrath, " 

To Sam Pepys, Esq. 

Sir: At your request the following was dispatched to ETeptuDO 
»'Mep, ord Boy, V.'hatthehelldoyouraean?" ^^^ 

Gob to O.p.: "I met a young lady ashore last night, sir. and I 
guess she's comin' aboard to-day. If she asks for the Ca)tain 
you'll know she means rae." v^jy voj.u 




fciL U L LlburT i oB^ 

~ r- — i 



PUBLISHED on THE EI6H SEAS ABOARD THE U.S.3.HENDERS0B 
"To Lighten the Ship eiid Brighten the Trip" 
Trip 12 - Ho. 18 VJodnesday, Petruary, 19,1919. 



2.00 - BOXIHG 



T?OtJSHAJteUt and BANL OTCEinr 



on well deck. 

If wea.ther"oompeis cancelation, the troopa will have moving 

pictures In A-505 -"THE COOK 0? CAWYON CAMP" 
5»30 » Crew's Libxary open. 

Red Crosa Comfort Kits will be Issued to the crew at supper. 
7.30 - Crew's Moving Pictures -"THE SHELL G/KB''vvith Emma V/heler. 
7.30 - Officer's Moving Pictures in P.O. Mess -"HBRBDITY"- Madge Bvens. 
Confession preparatory to to-morrow's mass will be heard by Chaplain 

Veit in his stateroom, llo. 3, on starboard side of superdecK, 

from 4. 00 to 6.00 and_from 6.30 to 7 .50. 

9.00 - Mass by Chaplairr Veit in f-505 for passengers and crew. 
10.00 - Protestant Service for crew by Chaplain Fry in carpenter shop. 

The band will render special music. , ^ , -.^ 
10.00 - Protestant service for passengers by Mr. Acheson in A-ooo. 

Officers are invited to all services. If the v;eather permits 
they will be held on well deck- 
2,00 - Troops' s moving pictures -"DAVID GARRICK*'v/ith Justin Parnum. 
3.30 - Sunday afternoon bend concert on well dock, weather permitting, 
.30 - Meeting- of Crew's Current Events CI 



Club. 



7.30 
7 



.30 - Crew's Moving pictures -'HEMEDITyWith Mad^e Evens 

.30 - Oftlcar'a. mov~ijn,g pictures -"THE SHELL GAME, Emma Whelor. 

,ri ill If the roll increases 
ox rain set In, the 
fight will "be post- 



3€r 



BOTD vo BALLVriN 
DAYTON vs JOHNSON 
HARMOK vs AZUCEHAS 
Pvt.WJ»SEBURIl vs HOI.LINGSWORTH 
S&rgt. SHJK V3 COllIKS 
Pvt. WELDOK* vs BLAOKBiELL 
Other boute are being arranged. 

Referee: ESaslgn Bonivere.USN. 

Judges- Lieutenant Hughes, USA. 
Lieutenant Collins, USA 
Ensign Duncan, USN. 



poned but as this goes to ps&ss 
it has been decided to hold the 
tournament thljj afternooja. 

We are short of fitting glovpo 
so membsrs of the crew bring these 
you have been scrapping with. 

Each man is to tend to his 
uniform and select his second. Makp 
arrangement as to disposition of 
prize money before entering ring. 



hoWoyvhuke: 
to be me, re o, 

ONIfV TEN miS 



YUH SUPPOSE 
THfS l/tL PASS 



gee!'. "I 5URE.1 
WISH I WAS A 

SHORT TIMER* 



Gosh? thev 
forgot to^ , 
Tew-MeAeou7 

THIS/^T THE' 
ReCRu«TlM6 
STATION V. 




SCRUBBING BAGS'*- H/^MnOCKS 



S 1 D ?. L 1 G H T S 



SEEIETS mumi) THETBEHEBSIM 




Troops 
A-505 2.00 
PADDY O'HAEA 
vvith.Vifilliam Desmond 

Crow 
Carpenter Shop 7.30 
i-ADDY 1 KARA 
with Willlan Desmond 

Officers 
P.0,M6ss 7*45 

iiH. goode; the good 

SA1.IARITAN 
with Ilargarette .Marsh 



tm-' 

ING 

ncT- 

URES 



SSON& 

Again poBt- 
poned 00 
a,ccount of 
the weather* 





Two ptOgELTrtS 

below, daily, 
at noon and ■ 
after supper, 
both fore 
end aft. 



HDMEWilHD BOUND 



llie tJ.S» S.Henderson * 

Dear Snip: 

BEII!i5 Cl'HAT yon afO 

A SHI? and 

TRA.T ON.Hi aoes'nt 

USUALLY TALK to 

SHIPS, Ana alao 

SINCii! YOU are 

FET^ININE, I don't know 

JUST V-fHAT to say 

TO YOU. But 

THIS IS what I am 

THINICING OP' now - 

THAT ALL things end, 

EVT^N THE worst of wars, 

AND NOW that our journey 

ACEOSS TKE biff pOnd 

WITH YOU 

IS ABOUT to fend, 

1 HAVE a little lump 

IN MY throat 

AND I won't get rid 

OP IT Tintil 1 let you 

KNOW THAT there will 

BE SOIIE recollections 

THAT SHALL not end 

•TILL LIFE itself 

IS EHDBD. 



YOU ARE the 

KINDLY HAND 

WHICH LEADS us fron 

STRIPE AND hatred 

AND BLOOD to quiet 

AND PEACE; 

THE BRIDGE frOM ruin 

AND DESOLATION. and blight 

TO HOT.CE and rest; 

THE BLESSED transition 

PROM IIALICE and feud 

AND.TfURDER 

TO 'THE haupier ways 

OP CONSTRUCTIVli) life 

AND BROTHERHOOD. 

AND IP that is'nt enough 

FOR CAST-IRON plates 

AND RITOTS to do 

I'D LIKE to know 

WHAT IS? 

I'D- LIKE to know 

WHAT GREATER serric© 

TO PATRIOTISM 

OR HUMANITY 

COULD BE rendered, 

THAT IS why 

I MUST 

THAHZ YOU 

Juet a Bnok Prirate, 




SIDELIGHTS 





PUBLISHED ON THE HIGH SEAS ABOARD THE U.S .S. HENDERSON 
"To Brishtsn the Ship and Lighten th^ Trip"" 
Trip 13 - No. 1. - Eastward Bound - Tuesday, torch, 3, 1919. 

SIDELIGHTS giveg expression to 
thehttarty word "Weloome" from 
all the officers and prew of the 
Henderson to our a«w executive 
officer: 
CAPTAIN WILLIAM H. SHEA. 

"Here comes the exeo". Wd hope he 
is a^slad to come aboard aa we 
are to have him aboard. SIDELIGHTS 
snaps to attention and salutes., 
promising more than obedience, 
proniisins. active voluntary cc- 
c^cration. 

80 

EVERYBODY - UP ! 

(There-wore many requests for additional copies of the 
History of the Henderson, published last trip. F\ir1tbier, 
there are a' number of errors in that report. We are 
therefore printing a corrected and more complete story 
of. the ■ Henderkon' s war-time e::periences.} 

THE HENDERSON'S REGDHD 

The ^story of the U.S.S. Henderson rivals any that c^n bo, found 
among Amfirican transports. Sho has «xjeri«nced everything that a 
vessel caA erperience in time , of war, with the exception of being 
torpsdoed. having survived sut^mrine attacks, a serious fire, and 
three collisions. 

Together wit)i the Leviatha)j,Agememnon, Gteat northern, and 
Northern Pacific, she he&ds ths' list for number of round trips mado 
to Prance during the war, having completed ten. And she stands, 
sixth on tho ligt for tho fastest record cf days required to tn'^ko. 
the cycle, having mad© it in twenty-five days. 

The Hcndereon is Haval Transport; No. 1. 'She was built at 
the Philadelphia Navy Yard and v/as designed as an advance marine 
fefise 'With accomodations for $. orcr.« of almost two hundred, and 
approximately two thousand marines- "together with horses and com- 
plete Bquipmfinti, During hcr present war service sho carriet a crciv 
of three hundred and fifty, land owing to her standee-bunk equippmont 
is now practically j^ho'spital'. ship bringing home eaoh trip thirteen 
hundred • v/ounded . 

Tho Henderson's completion was hastened by th© declaration of 
v/ar with Germany and she was commissioned May, 24, 1917 and ^^ft ^^ 



THISriEANS YOU 




SIDELIGHTS' IS WHATEVER YOU IWH^' IT 
Nothing more or less. 
Come on crevi/ 
The east-bound trip is the tira« for the local 
' knocks and bangs, 
AND HOW ABOUT SOME GARTOOHS? 
There are new SII3SLIGET'S lioxes at the log room and in tho forward 
pasEa'"-;9 way.- 
AND YOU "Y" PAS3ESG5i<S, WS ARE COUNTING GH YOU, 
SIDELIGHTS IS WHA'i'EVER YOU MAKE IT 
Nothing more or less. 



S ID SLIGHTS^ „^ 

„ ^_ — __., — ^._^ — ^-_.^ — ^ £§ea..2i„ 

Editor :_Chaplain__H_.__J_. ]?ry .Assisteat Editors: The Crew 

THE HENIERSOW'S RECORD, continued? 

Philadelphia xmder tho command Of Captain George 7/. Steele. She 
sailed for New York to get her first load of troops with yard v/ort- 
mba still ahoard, and her mainmast not yet set up* She sailed for 
France without a trail tripiheinr^ among the 'Tirst to Prance" 
as a member of- the, first convoy of American soldiers and marines. 

On her raaideh voyage one ox her two eenoi'ators blew up leaving 
the total' work to one, and to rcleive this her steering gear was. 
worked by haM v;hich was further complicated by steering gear 
difficulties, a hazardous situation in zi'gzagging convoy formatioii. 

luri^ the Henderson '^s second trip the convoy encountered a 
submarine .'st.ttack off tho coast of Prance.. A hot battle ensued dur- 
ing the 'e&riy morning hours throughout which the Handerson used 
her starijp&rd battery of four five-inch, fifty- calibre guns. 

She '-^3:8 with the Antilles when that ship was sunk watching 
her lower *he life boats and then go down stern first within six 
minutes affer the explosion, v/ith loss of life. The Henderson left 
the vicinity full steam ahead together v/lth the Willehad which 
fired several shots at the attacking submarine. At another time 
she was twelve hours distant when the President Lincoln was sunk 
and later passed through debris which wag thought to have belonged 
to that'.illfated ship. 

In the late fall of 1917 she rammed a freighter , at anchor, 
while coming down the Loire out of Saint Nazzalre but no serious 
damage ensued to tho •Henderson. 

During'^ November, 1918, while in convoy formation the Finland's 
ste&ring geat Jammed holding her rudder hard right swfinging her 
into tho Henderson which was approaching abaft to starboard. The 
Henderson tried to avoid the collision bilt too late and the Pin- 
land's bow struck her directly" amidships, where- decks were filled 
with wounded. She bounced back but struck again, and again a third 
time. Several ihife- boats were- carried away and one of the- compart- 
ments /spring a leak. Only a calm sea and favorable v/eather con- 
ditions averted a serious di35,stQr. 

On tho first day of July, 1918, smoke was observed forward. 
Firs was discovered in Wo. 3 hold immediately over the forward mag- 
azine which was at once flooded. Th© blaze had made such progress 
that all efforts to stem it v/ere futile. The passengers numbering 
fifteen hundred sailors and mariens were transferred to the already 
crowded VonStueben by the Destroyers Paul Jones and Mayrant which 
then turned hack with the Henderson tov/ard the states Six hundred 
miles distant. Her situation became serious as the water which v/as 
flooded in to put out the fire gave her a starboard list of twenty- 
five degrees. Then her crew, except the minimum number necessary 
to run the ship were put aboard the Mayrant which proceeded to 
Philadelphia and the Paul Jones stood by the Henderson ivhilo she 
made her struggle for port. A rising wind and sea caused her to 
suddenly keel over from starboard to, port. The possible disastetous 
consequences of this sudden rush of water in her holds from one side 
.to the other was only avoided by the quick action of Captain Steele 
in instantly, thro'ving the rudder hard right. Peg and bad weather 
continued but on July, fifth, the Henderson steamed up the Deleware 
River under her own power a journey further delayed by going aground 
for .several hours in the harbor. 

After the fire's damages were repaired she left Philadelphia 
for New York, now under the command of Captain Willaim R. Sayles; 
Off the Jersey Coast she sighted what appeared to be a submarine,' 
turned her bow upon it and then made for shore. Almost immediately 
she passed through the floating oil from the tatiker Prank V/. Kellogg 
which the submarine sank two hours previously. Then some weeks later 
it was distrovered that her bilge keel was damaged. These two facts 
have 'been connected with data discovered concerning the German Sub- 
marine U-139, She crusied American waters. the tim.e of the Henderson's 
encounter and had her perls'copes broken and her conning tower bent 
by a transport which r-ajtiBieUher. Ohese facts are being verified by 
the Office of Naval latelligsncc and if this is verified it will 
mean that tho U.S.Tci/al PcTces had contact with the enemy off the 
American coast during the war, and will be another feather in the 
cap of the Henderson's v/ar-time record. 



^ SIDE LIGHTS ta 

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PUBLISHED ON TIIE HIGH SEAS ABOARD THE U.S.S.HE.NDERSON 
"To Brighten the Ship and lighten -the Trip"" 
Trip 13 - No. 2, - Eastward Botmd - Wednesday, March, 6, 1919. 

THE HEMDEIHSIIN IN BBIUT 

The U.S. S.Henderson is getting into print and w© know she 
deserves it. v;e are proud of our ship and of her war-service, 
so when the reporters come aboard w© are ahle to give them 
what they call "good copy". It is possible that by the time wc 
reach home ajtain some of the material sent in may have already 
been printed, but at all odds a number of readers of various 
magasines and newspapers v;iir know more about the Henderson 
than they did before, before many weeks have passed. 

To THE CONVOY, a new magazine published in the interest of the 
activiti&s of the Crusier and Transport Force, we sent "THE BDN- 
DEHSON'S RECORD" as it appeared in yesterday's Sidelights, torf 
gethor with one of the large new pictures of tho officers and 
crew and also an enlargerasnt of the Hendexson herself. 

To THE FLEET REVIEW we sent the- story of "THE HENDERSON 
AND THE U-139", and they also received a picture of our personHftl 
and another large print of the ship. 

To OUR NAVY we forwarded a number of copies of SIDELIGHTS 
and a description of the crew's welfare activities together with 
the general history of the Henderson and several pictures. 

Our Philadcltihia men will be interested to know that tht 
New York representative of tho PHILADELPHIA PUBLIC LEDGER asked 
for a complete file of Sidelights and also the historical data, 
together with photographs, with tho purpose of making a full page 
write-ilp concerning the Henderson in a Sunday* edition of The 
Ledger, featuring somo of Mr. Forward's cartoons which will be 
reproduced. 

The BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE has also written for & history and 
photographs with the purpose of making up a booklet, and ac- , 
cording to reports, and several newspaper clippinss received, the 
members of the crew have sent "Sidelights" to their home tovms 
and parts of it have been printed in local newspapers. 

So here is another reason for continuing to help make SIDE- 
LIGHTS one of the best ship's papers printed on the Atlantic, 
for SIDELIGHTS is whatever YOU make it. 



mdVies 



CREW -"The Circus and Life"&"The Live V/lre and LovdsSpar 
I , . -( 

OFFICERS -"The Captain of His Soul" & "whose Baby?" 

FOR THE caavi- A SHORT "Smfl'<a^BA^fl> CONCERT 

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[ppA-w-w-L H/rriniCK-s? hf/^ve out /^HO i/iSHOPf 






K/LL {T?!l lcHQKE ir?.'!| [LEM riE SLEE P?] 



'WHV DID lEVtR \ 
^LEA l/£- HOME ?J 




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-WJFF -I'R- 



- ^A.n. REVEILLE - 

lady to wounded soldier in hospital: "You must have come 

through some pretty tight squeezes?" 
Wounded soldier, g:ailtily: "Well, ma'am, the nurses were 

pretty good to me". 



S IITBI IGHTS' 

A WORD RBOUT TEE "Y" 

Wo Judge the "Y" as. 'there with the goods' whori we think of the 
bpl&ndid service Secretary Achsaofl renders our ship and his ivoxk for 
the returnins wounded, or when w© jneet tu© thirty-nine "Y" passengers 
now aboard, arid enjoy their- lectures and entertaiaiients end pote the 
calibre of the personnel. Yet tho verdict of ' the wounded we carry 
home is just the reverse. They hava little, that is' good to say for ths 
T". The crow will therefore be interested in having .some straight 
facts about tho situ- ♦ -^ ■ ' atioa'. 

The "Y" .lilco f^e- \ . ' V / other welfare organiza- 
tions drew up a fall W // program of service for 
the soldiers, a service "^y^Pv /T|==r| ySrv that would bo rendered 
in all its details en- \y fwl n fl==\ tirely free of charge. 
It built over two. thou- « rJ^ ^^^^^^^ ** ^^^^ ^^^^ costing up 
to eighteen thousand \\ // dollars apiSce; it ' 
transported ^n array of \\ // secretaries, hundreds 
of America's talented \\ / / theatrical stars, sing- 
ers, and lecturers; it \^/ sent ship loads of mov- 
ing picture 'supplies, \/ athletic gear, boolts, 
v/riting paper to be used . V ^q the tune of half a 
million sheets a day - anything aad everything to make the Hut a cen- 
ter of v;hol&some relaxation. This program was entirely free "to every- 
DOdy and always hes been and still is - a program of which General 
Pershing said: " I would rather have nine hundred men with a "Y" than 
a .thoasand men without"'. Then why the criticism? 

The "Y" was asked by the government to take ov&r the' Amy Canteen 
e purely business enterprise, doing over five million dollars v/orth of 
business monthly. The very siae and efficiency cf the "Y" hrought it 
this unwelcome responsibili-ty, end required SIXTY-FIVE percent of its 
(secretaries. It stiJl maintained its original program but it now had 
p. buy-and-sell proposition in its hut through no fault or desire of 
jits ovrtJ. To eggrevate this, while the government iiad sold its stuff 
jat ©riginal prices v/ithout costs of any transportation, the "Y'-", a 
private enterprise, had to buy Piedmont cigarettes in Virginia and 
,then pay the heavy war transportation prices, standing losses of whole 
shiploads of their supplies through submarine attacks. Though the "Y" 
his consistently lost money on the canteen business, as shown by their 
books regularly audited in v'/ashington, the prices . immediately scared, 
end- the soldier naturally said: "Did'nt my folks give the "Y" money 
to givft me stuff? And nov/ they're 'rooking'nie". The "Y" at that moment 
pes giving him all its established program, but 'the canteen in one 
porner of the hut,'"queered the rest of the game') the cost prices thero 
tharged due to no fault of the "Y". 

I.Ir. Sargraves, Hut secretary at BreSt, bought four hundred dozen 
handkerchiefs which the men wanted badly, for .89 apiece. The French 
charged them .40 for them; the "Y" then sold them for .20, losing .09 
On each. But the newly arriving doughboy thought the "Y" was making 
money on him at ,20 because he could get the handkerchief in the States 
for a dime. Further, since September the government promised to 
supply the "Y" with their smokes at cost, without transportation, or 
insuraiice-, or viq,t tax charges, and the "Y" sells cigarettes at cost 
prices, but the government can only give it thirty percent of what it 
needs,* a"d the "Y^' buys the other sixty percent as a priv.ate firm, pay- 
ing all the extra costs,, but. still selling it at a loss, toikeep its 
prices low and uniform. 

Anothar element in the situation lies in tlic fact that the gov- 
ernr^ient has assigned certain welfare organizations to certain areas 
with specif-lc duties. The "Y" and the "K of C" are to work only with 
well end fit men', and only behind the lines where tho hut will bo 
most effective end where eighty percent of the army are stationed. 
The Red Cross is to care for the sick 'end wounded, and only that. 
This Oi^olains why our returning wounded have had dealings with only 
one Welfare organization' eixl that the Red Cross. The Salvation Army, 
with its small force and absence of building organization is to work 
at the froiit where it is allowed to give materials away. Since the 
Salvation Army cannot take over the whole front the "Y" is to take 
or/er the remainder. Here i-* is allo-.ved to give away smckes eind eats, 
which is jxot permitted in the huts, and the "Y" has thus exipended 
a million and a half dollars, 'and lost eight secretaries of whom two 
were women and had thirty-one wounded. 

The "Y" like any very largo cr6.;anization - like oven the Army 
or Wavy - has made mistakes in pcrsounel and methods, but it has put 
over a good program which 'has been underrated by the unfortunate c-an- 
teen duties thrust upon it, and by assignment t,o positions chiefly 
^behini the lines « 

Chaplain Henry J. Fry, 



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PUBLISHED OK THE HIGH SEAS ABOARD THE U.S.S. HENDERSON 
"To Brighten the Ship and Lighten the TripV;^ 
Trip 13 - No. 7. - Eastv;ard Bound. - Wednesday, March, 12, 1919. 



> 



PRDBLEMB OF PEHCE 

6.45 A LECTURE FOR THE CREW IN A-505 ILLUSTRATEI> WITH SLIDE^ 

By Prof e£sor_Alf red C. Lane, SoD. 

Ex-^tate GeologrsT of~MicKlgan 

Professor of Geology and Mineralogy, Tufts Collego 

Teacher in the S.A.T.C., etc. 

Professor Lane discusses the problems that the Peace 
Conference is facing along the lines of racial mixture, 
economic problems, raw resources, etc. This, is a unique 
opportunity to hear a trained specialist on the problems 
now facing Europe. 

7,15 Band Concert. 

7,45 "SUSAN ROCKS THE BOAT"-Pive reels. 

EPL 0ffi£er3__and__Pas£eng£r£. 

7,45 "TIE ARGU?IENT",Five reels. "A BACHELOR'S PINISH",one reel. 
8.00 Band Concert, 



BBSHEr- BHLL 



The U. S. S. Henderson basket-ball 
aggregation vi/ith a small delegation 
of boosters took a jaunt tb Jersey 
City the evening before we sailed, where they lost a hotly contestea . 
game to an Army quintet of that city, by the score of 35 to Zl* 

Th8T5i7as exciting from start to finish and was featured by th$ 
effective team work of the opposing team.. Maloney of their five, 
thrilled the largo crowd of Spectators with his clever floor work 
and accu'rate basket shooting, while "Speed" Beatty, the Henderson's 
fast center broke into the hall of fame with his sensational 
basket ball shooting making many of the cages. 

Our defeat was due to' the loss of Sam Putnam, recently released 
from the service, and by the absence of Collins who was txnable to 
■ appear the night of the 'battle. Further, 
we are handicapped by lack of ■ team. work. 
•We outplayed -out opponents the first ten 
minutes of play," but lost pep toward the 
conclusion of tho game due to lack of 
training. The ball was in play near our 
goal tho major part of the time but w& 
failed. to manifest a good eye for the cage. 

•We 6re planning several peilLods of 
practice in France, if it is possible tO 
secure a gymn. The daily passing-practice* 
hours are developing speed and the promise 
is .for a. good future for the Henderson 
Basket Ball team. 

"JA ZZ" 

NEWS C0MA,MICH bids for miliard- 

Demsey fight. Kicks in with offer of six 
million. "Lio burg can outbid us'.whcn we have 
our bidders on. If six aint enough read 
telegram upside down and make it nJ.netRough- 
est town in world. Even canaries 6ing base. 
Ho competition to fight as sheriff's throe- 
legged calf died last month. Two chink laund- 
ries and free water traugh." N.Y.Eva Journ. 

TCI nivfl/Cf ''Having l>een constant readers of •SIDELIGHTS we wish to at* 
1 riA IM J\ u test our appreciation for its entertainment. And we thanh 
tlie "Y" men for their evening entertairiments,- an4 the commiesary clepart- 
ni'^nt for the r-oocl chow, eJid the officers &Bd crow for their courtesies, 
Wa will Alv;av8 remenber with pleasure our trip on the Hene.erson. 
e «*■" «** ^-y" THE TOKOPAn mAPT. 




SIDELIGHTS 



Editor; Chaplain K.J. Pry 



Assooiat? Sdjtorg; ?he Crovf. 



THE PEDTGULUS CDRPIS 







NOW 



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•' S^fllPATHIZIlIG \f;lTE SHBP" 

"Dear Dad",-'he wrote, "I'm here in 

Prance, 
And sharing in each Yank advance, 
'I' We 're drivins back the filthy Hun; 
The Heinies no\v are on the rtm, 
And I am well and strong to-night, 
Except for little things that bite." 

"Do you recall those happy days 
We sat before the log-fire's Bla:^!, 
V/ithin our little parlor snug; 
With Shop asleep upon the rug, 
And heard the clock tick on the shell 
Except vhen Shep would scratch 
himself?" 

"And there- were times, wlth'SUiSden 

zip. 
He'd bice 'himself upon the liipV 
Ihen turn himself in manner queer 
To scratch himself behind the ear; 
€hem like the whirling of a gale. 
Get up and madly chase his. tail," 

"\7ell Dad, I do noT; want to brag. 
But since in Prance I serve the flag, 
I '1-1 say, in running down a flea, 
Shey never had a thing on ma , 
In fact, I thinl: I've learned to do 
Some twists our old dog never knew," 

f AND LICK MY5L-LFNICI:/1^'D^F?V1 „,„ ,. '., ^ . . , 

v2i_l±Lr_lll__! —"^ — ' "V/e u?ed to scold" and put him out, 

VJe would not let him stay about, ' 
".hen he "began to thump the floor; 
But, oh, when I get home once more 
I'll let Shep scratch the evening 

through,- 
Because, you:, see,' I've Had "^eta too," 

by Edgar A, Gues-t 

Copyright,. 1918. f By permission) 



•|| HAVE ANiCE BHTH!!"] 

u£SS ScTl 

TIC G;>T|e 



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(GO^iTTTTEEOOTT E_N \ 




;GlRDLYr DIE FOR THE I 




LISTEN! 

SCiaiTIFIC WORLD ST/iRTLED BY 
E3CBNT DTSCOVERY 
Hackman's Karmless Self- Inflicting' 
Cootie Exterminator 
gurpasseff/ill expectations, 
old in convenient sizes. Is fatal to 
Pediculus pubis 
Pedicuius corpls 

pediculus capitas 
Ilasca doraestlca 

Anopheles maculipennis 
Stegomia calppus 
as well^as 
Sold sorss ■ Headaches 

Pimples- Falling Hair' 
Eruptions ' Dizziness 
A marvelous remedy for all human ills 
from the lowly In-grown toe-nail to' 
the glistening bead pate, 

/iIL HUMAJSITY LAUDS THE N/iJIE 
OP EAGKMA.M 
He hath brought low the pride of ?ed«. 
iculus, comr.ionly knov/n as the Cootie, 
AT YOUR KCARE5T DRUG STaSE. \ 



PUBLISHED ON THE HIGH SEA? ABOARD THE U.S.S.HENDERSOU 
"To Brighten the Ship and lishton the -Trip" " 
Trip 13 - No. 9. - Boima. for Bol^d6alac - Friday, March, 14, 19GL9, 

tdLJElLJLnLLA 

Bound for Bordeauxli Again the-reXh&s boon fanoxia sinoo the fourth 
cornea, the opportunity of visiting a 
largo French city, an opportunity 
that can be spent or mis-spent .Many 
aro there at home who would give 
much to walk the streets dovm whorse 
pavements walked Gauls and Romaji 
Soldiers, to visit the meraorialg of 
mediaeval times, to enter churches 
whoae- foundations saw the closing' 
days of the middle egeS, the per- 
iod of the renaiesence, the stress 
of iho reformablon, the clanor of 
tho revolution, end the birth of 
modern times. 

As an aid to the chief land- 
marks they ere here briefly de- 
scribed in connection with a map 
shoviing their locations and ar- 
ranged in e circular trip about tho 
city. It will be a regret in later 
years if Bordeaux' famous vintages 
have been sampled and her d&msels 
have been interrogated a9 to their 
ability to speak English, \vhile the 
privilege- of visiting and study- 
ing her nistoric sites has been 
ignored. 



Bordeaux dates from Roman days 
when the Caesars called it Burdigala 
and made it one of the principitl 
cities of Gaul after they had taken 
it from a Celtic tribe who oallod 
it Burs V/all« 

Christianity was first preached 
here during the third century. Its 
early history v^as tumultuous and it 
v/as repeatedly sacked. In 1152 when 
Eonry II of England married the 
French countess who reigned over 
this portion of Frajjoe, It passed 
tinder English rule and prospered 
thus for throe hundred years. 
Here the Black Prinee lived during 
tho fourteenth century, and hero 
Richard II - Richard, of Bordeaux-wos 
born. In the fifteenth century , 
France won the region bac-k, and unda? 
Loui3 ZV and louis X7I it was raisea 
to the position it has- since oocu- 
fled as one of the chief cities of 

It Is-now a city of 300,000 
population, the capit61 of the 
Department of Gironde, and third 
port of Franoe in foreign a:id^coast- 
ikse trade. It is ono of the" import- 
ant French industrial cities, ex- 
porting fruit, 8U3ar, elr^-ss and 



Iswe.lrv etc/ in addition to its lienus, in the third centuiy of 
i«^«^ «4r,nrT.n'of wines for which it lour era. 



lorge exports 



dentury. It is a port and coaling 
station and has a Naval School and 
observatory. It is advanced in the 
cultivation of arts and sciences 
and has many fine buildings. Its 
museum, the Grand Theatre, ita 
churchesj-are indicative of its 
culture. There is a university 
••vhich in pre-W£r d^^ys numbered 
20CO students. Some of the old 
gates of t,he oity are still left 
and the old mediaeval sections of 
the city ate distinguished by the 
narrow crooked streets; fh6 sub- 
urban residentail sections, how- 
ever, are beautiful and modern. 

The approach from Bassans via 
Lormont is either by ferry or by the 
trolley which goes t-o the end of tVid 
scventoen-arched bridge leading? Into 
the city over the Girondo River 
from la Bastide, 

Having crossed the bridge a 
turn to tho right, following the 
quays along tho river leads to ^ 
the Place dos Quinoonoes {a) whion 
occupies tho forraOr cite of tho 
Chateau Trompeile, one of tho 
fortresses built to overawe the 
city after the French retook it 
from British hands at the end 
tho three hundred years of 
foreign- control. In tho Place 
will bo seen'*-statue9 by Maggesi 
fl858) of Konteigne, tho famous 
French Essayist of the sixteenth 
century, and another of Hontcs- 
quieu, the philosophioal histor- 
ian of ths eighteenth century. 

To the right of the top of 
the Place is the Jardin Public. 
(2) and a few steps to the left 
of this is the Y.M.G.A. (3) 
a convenient center on the Place 
de Tourny whioh thoroughfare 
i3_qne of the centers of the city 
Several blocks up the street in 
back of the "Y" will bef ound 
tho remains 61 a Romein amphi- 
theatre, known as the Palais 
Gallien (4) tho principal part of| 
which serves as a gateway across 
a street, exceedingly picturesque 
In its bands of g^ey stone and 
red brick. Glhe medals which have 
been found here causa the oon- 
straction of the monument to be 
attTibtited to the Emperor Gal- ■ 



SIDELIGHTS 



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Walking to the left sone blocks, crossing the Cours^de'l'Int.endflnce 
end then to the right two blocks tov.-ard the Cours d* Albret, the beauti- 
ful cathedral of S&lnt Andre (5) is sccri. It is now the seat of an Arch- 
bisl^opric and was 4esigned end built by -English architects during* the 
English occupation in the thriteenth to, fifteenth centuries. The 
pribcipai facade at th© toorth trenscept v/as built by Pope Clenent 
V when he wag archbishop <?f Bordeatix and his statu© occupies the central 
plllfer' of the portal. The low nave of eeyen bays, v;ith arches of great 
span, dates from the end of the twelfth century. Detached from the 
cathedral rises the Tour Pey-B*rlancl taking its nar-ie from the archbishop 
by whw> it was rebuilt in 1440. The modern spire supports an inege ofl.Tary 

Near the cathedral is the Iluseum (6) containing a large collection 
of pictures anoni? which is a portrait Jby Ilurillo. To the left of the 
Museum is -the Hospital of Saint ;Vnt1r#/aounded 1390, and behind this is 
the church of-Saint Eulalie (8)whlch was consecrated 1174. 

Dorm near the river stands the interesting tv/elfth century church 
of Saint 'Croix (9), Its rich facade bearing a representation of Saint 
George and the Dragon. Further toward the cities center, near the river, 
rises the great church of Saint Michel (10), founded 1160 and rebuilt 
in the fifteenth century. In the fourth ohapel is a sculptured Descent 
froa the Cross, The Isolated tower was built about 1480 and its guardia^i 
v'tll admit vl^itorai td) "subterranean vaults full of dried corpses like 
•those of the-itfapi)utfclrii at Rome, 

" Again turning tdward the heart of the city the Porte de 1' Hotel de 
VUl^Q fll) la reached which waa 'built by Henry III of England about 1850 
and is now used as a alock torer. Walking back to the Place de Tourny 
th6 Grand Theatre is passed,, opposite the Cafe Bordeaux, (12) which is 
one of the finest in Europe and within whose walls many royal ceremonies 
have beeii held with elaborate pomp and show. 

It is an opportunity t.o visit Bordeaux. 
—J — -, .. — ■ _4 

Til T^TT nrrTPoi" ^"^^ Crew; Band Concert and moving pictures, 
lU~iMi Utii Poj- Oiflcers, Band Concert and moving pictures. 



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PUBLISHED ON THE HIGH SEAS ABOARD THE U . S . S . HENDERSON 
"To Brichten the Ship and Lighten tho Trip" 
Trip 13 - No. 10 - Homeward Bound - Thursday, March, 20, 1919 < 



stdelt'ehtb" 
WHAT IS IT? 



The Salty Shoot 

Published Daily 

For All Aboard 

The USS Hendcrso 

By the Chaplaln_ 

And the Crew 

/uid YOU 

To Brighten 

The Ship 

And Lifihtcn 

The Trip 

For All 

But especially 

For You. 

It is tho great 

llorth Atlantic 

Daily. 

It prints your - 

Favorite newe 

'..Tiether you are 

A financeer 

An artist 

A farmer 

A boiler maker 

Or like the rest 

Of us 

Looking for a 

Rich Girl. 



You will find in it 

The Daily I'evs by radio 
And announcements of 
n The Movies 



"EDDD 



A/^dRK*' 



The EKecutive Officer congrat 
ulates tne Army officers and the 
troopG aboard for the spirit of co- 
operation thus far shovn, and he 
hopes it will be progressive dur- 
ing the voyage. Active cooperation 
from all will add to the health 
and happiness of all aboard and 
v/ill tend to improve zdverse ccn- 
ditions that ni&y arise. 



.•jld the "Stunt lUghtS" 

And the "Sin^s". 
It will. tell you 
v/hcn and V.Ticre to nali 
The smokes 
•And the candy 
And tho fruit 
And the comforts 
Issued bjT 
The "Y" 
;j-id tho Rea Cross 



And the band concerts 
And the jazz orchestra 
And the boxing tournament 
Vnd the Sunday services 



And the "K of C", 

It will print 

The cartoons 

YOU v;ill hand in,aY.'d. 

The joke that 

Tickles the 

I'ifth rib, 

YOU will-v/rite. 
Perhaps you wrote for 
The Union Hews 
Or the High School Paper 
Or tho Collece Weekly 
Or perhaps you never 
Tapped Latent Possibility). 
You have made history, 
vr.iy not write it? 
Break into print. 

(CDNTlMUED.PACir^) 




SHlPi^ATES, BDRDEAUX-BnuND. 



S I DIX If S5 S 



^•-tJfc/WpiB 




UMSHAm- 



Thd follcs at 
honWvhave helped to 

trip of yours as 
comfortable as pos- 
sible by reaching 
out to you throuA-h 
the Red Cross, tna 
Yj and the E ef . 
These three orsaxi" 
Izations hive load- 
ed tho Houclcrson 
vriijn. {jocd things 



W E L F A R'2 !p' a G R A M 
3'ot 2?o-Ilay 

10 Z & RedOroSS lemons 
icsued to seasick 

10-12 EcdCross office hours 
at v.'elfaro Office , 
y orangies j.sgued with 
0hip»s cLiarer 
RedOrosa lemon ^Irops 
issued at Office 
y Office hour 



CHOW 
1.30 



2 -3 



3 ~4yfe of office hour 



for your voyage. TTr, 
Ache son of tho Y hs-s 
aboard 4S oasos of 
0r«GO2i apples, 44 
oases of oriMiges, 
some leraons, 4000 
Chocolftte tars, 4000 
oiearettee, in &ddit» 
ion to tirixinc nateri 
ials, athletic coodSj 
and minor supplies. 
Hr, Owens of the KofC 
has sirtiilar supplies 
aboard, though in a 
lessor quantity, whil$ J^T $haw i>t ths Rod Cross has pa jams, sweaters, 
handkerchief d , towels, uad6rwear, bathrobes, canes, toilet articles 
of all kindBi copfort kits, and ecm crnady and smokes. 

These welfare workers have a wrelfare office in the 'upper deck • 
the one above the main deck - af$ on the starboso-d side, froro which 
they will issue their materials at certain definate times each day 
as announced in their daily welfare progran. Xocdc at what they have 
for you to^-dayl 

These materials will bo given out to one end all except the Red 
Cross supplies which will be given to individuals as need' arises, If 
is asked that an applicant for such articles as bathrobes, or tov/els, 
etc, have a card or note frqi^ the officer in. charge of his compartr.cnt 
authorizing- his request. 

The Rea Cross rfepresentativo is'elso ready to give information 
conoerning Insurance, Uaturelization, Com]>ensation and sii-ailar questions 
and the K of C representative has information <;nd data relative to 
s-Tployment. More will be said of th^sc matters in another issue. 

These men ar«j here to serve yru - they are on the job and know 
their job. They will do anythinc in their power for you. A Catholic 
Arny Chaplain, Father Veit, is also aboard v/orhing' ertong the men, and 
the Ship^s Chaplain, Chaplain Pry, can easily be reached through a 
note dropped in a Sidelights' box. 



To-morrow afternoon f rem tJ^o'. .to 
three o'clock you can get your French 
noney changed into good American cash 
at the provisions issuing rooni, on 
the port side of the main deck. THIS 
MAY BE YOUR DULY OPPORTUIi'ITY ABO.IRD. 

I 1 

CREW»S IJBR-\RY V/IIL BE 
OPEW TO-DAY 
5.15 to 5»45. 



To Show the troops raoviee 
in A- 505, all r.ust be out of 
the compartraen't below, A-406, 
that the hatches may* bo closed, 
A number are seasick:/ and vi;e 
v.dll not ask them to move yet. 
Troops v;ill haVe their novies 
in a day or so, and are not al- 
lowed forward during the hours 
of the crew's movies, 



/vinuiES 



For Crew in Carpenter Shop at 7,30 - 'TRY WilLEY JOHUSOHI'-S reals. 



For Officers in Passenger Officers Hess f 
"PIGHTIUG ?0E LOVE "-5 reels, featuri 



at 7.30 -. 

inr; Ruth Stonehcuse. 



HERE'S WH-\T WE IVBRE DBIVLm AT IN PAGE OlIE:- 

How about YOUR contribution 

To Sideli,:hts? 

A short siiappy stcry 

Or a poem, va~^,'« 

Or a boost, boistrous or heroic. 

Or a !aiock, sad or seasick. 

Or a ;joke, jovial or painful 

Or that cartoon. 

Or a comjJient of any kind. 

Write it now. 



Drop it in s Sidelights' box 

In the Passenger Officers Moss 

Or the barber shop 

Or the crov/'s compartment. 

This is 

Your last chance 

To see your pen in print 

Before you shed the khaki 

And slip into 

Drinlcing clothes. 



PUELISHEI) ON IHE-aiGH atAS ABOARD THE U.S .S.IIEilDSRSCN 

,"To Briehte>j, tho Ship end Lighten -the Trip"- 

Ttip IS - No. 12 - Honevrard Eo\ina - Setuxday/^ftftrch, 22,1919. 



PHDEHRM 



SATlTPr&Y 



chow - "Y" orang«3 vHll be issued with the ship's dinner. 

2.00 - Troop's Movies in A-.505: "THB CASE OP BECKY" & "WHOSE BABY?" 

"I ran out of A-406 a't 1.45 to close hatches.) 
5,15 ~ Ci-ew's Library open. 
7.30 - Crew's Movies: "FLAIffiS .Q? CH/JJCE" & "HAPPY HOOLIGAN" 

""^ snip's Orcheatra friLll play. (For crew only) 
7.45 - Officer's irovie3:"THB SILEl-IT XADY" 

Chaplain Veit will hear c.OnfesoiOn preparatory to to-aorrow's 
services in his stateroom, No. 3, superstructyre deck,. starboard, 
TO-DAY from 3.30 to 5.00 and 6,3Q t(? 7,30 

SUI^DAY, 

6.30 - Mass in C-501 conducted by Chaplain Veit.^Opf). barber shop). 
9.00- Mass on wGlldeck, conducted bych&plain Veit, WEATHER PERMITTING. 
10.00 - Protostant Service on welldeck, 'led by Chaplain Pry, assisted 

by Sfecretary Acheson, with raupio by tho ship's 

band, TOATHER PEK^aTTIKG: ' ^"' 

If the weather ^is unfavorable, the 9 o'clock mass v.'ill be held in 
A«5054*-Chaplain.7v/ill. conduct a" 10 o'clock protestant service for 
the crew in tho carpenter shop, whilo Mr. Acheson will hold a 
similar service for the troops at tho sarao hour in A-505. 

Officers are Cordially invited to attend all services. 
Church call will be sounded throughout the ehip five minutes before 
the services* 

1,30 "K of C^" will issue csndstit welfare office. 

2.00 Troop's movies in A-505: "THE SHI? OP DOOM" & "THE BLIND PIG" 

(All out of A-406 at 1.45 to olos6 hatches.) 
•3.30 Special Sunday Afternoon Band Concert, v/elldeck. weather permittin© 
5.15 Crew's library open. 
7.30 Crew's Kovies: "HELL'S HINGES" featuring WILLIAM H-VRTE. 

Jazz Orchestra will play. (For crew onl-"-) 
7,45 'officer's ilovies: "BUP.NIITG DAYLIGHT" & "HAPPY HOOLIGAH" 

Ship's Band will render concert. 




H.f.R. 



Welfare office open all 
day. Red Cross and Y havo 
for distribution, 'tooth 
brushes and paste, 'germ- 
icidal .soap, combs, etc. 
tho K of C has boxing 
gloves . 

Daily from' 4 to 5 Rod 
Cross .jaau iwill be glad 
•bo discuss qilfestions 
01 Insurance, Naturali- 
sation, etc, 

Jfeep this issue for 
ref errence/' ' 

Are you keeping a file 
of SIDELIGHTS as a record 
of your trip?' 

Next issue will appear 
Monday. How about the 
dohtriTyutiou boxes? 



SIDBXlttETS 

FROM SIDELIGHTS' BDXES= 

( 9 

THE IHE7ITABIE MY WAGE 

'Twao eroT so«. I bargaiiied with life 

The cw.n who eeefce to rule In turn is rulfed; for a penny, 

There wa3 a r.an, his title, rruaoie's King, And life would pay no 

'The thought to conouer all the roalms of earths- more, 

For iorty years his armies he preparsdj However I begged at 

Until they lost all semblance of huinanity, evening 

ind so lost fear. Th&y ceased to reason Wlien I counted my 

A.S to right or vorong, and car^e to looTc upon scanty store. 
Their King as God, and Kim 'to question rot. 

He ruled 'vith hand of iron, nor any word For Life is a just 

Of his mad drearii escaped his border line, employer. 

Until at last his plans "."ere all cotr.plGte. Ho pays you what you 

&nd then upon a trivial e-cuce ask; 

Ke threw his challenge down to all the vorld, But once you have set 

And scat his mighty amies to tho fray, the wages , 

•find babes and womGn suffered at his hands, Then you must bear the 

And homes \vere ruined and virgins v.'ere despoiled task. 
To glut the venomous hatred of "Le Booh". 

And every nation Save Air.erica I worked for a 

Allied against this mighty war maChtno. menial's hire, 

America not wishing "laT but peace, Only to learn, dis- 

Took Insult after insult with a smile, maycd, 

Until, aroused at last beyond control, That any wage I'had 

She threw undreamed of power against th*? foe, asked of life. 

And cleared the sea of all its lurking death, LIFE WOULD HAVE J'AID. 

And forced this Eiiipdrcr to bend, the Imee. - - seL. 

- - - j\merica fought for 

The hosts of right have conquered in tho fray; Democracy. 

A nation once oppressed has been set free; She got Victory. 

A man «iithout a country is the King Germany fought for 

vho thought to rule the world. Victory. 

B.B.POSTBR. She got Democracy. 

USS Henaersori. Selectea. 



GH DEATH - WHERE IS THY STING? 



'"HOMEWARD BOUND" 



Death stalks In many forms . At the top of page one 

Each snuff ed-out life has Its own tragio meaning. Are two words that mean 



There are the sightless eyes of the doUghboy 
turned toward the black sky overhead, seared 
with passing rockets, in No Han's Lgnd. 

The sting? It is the sacrifice of youth for war. 

There is the little baby, silent, immovable. 

The sting? A life of promise, vmfulfilled. 

There is the father, cut down by an accident in 
the prime of his manhood. 



A lot to you and me - 
"Homeward Bound". 
V/hen we see 
The statue of Liberty 
Do you think that 
We will cheer? 
Many a throat will 
Feel a lump. 



*he sting? The family, struggling, left desolate. j-iany an eye will 



There is the death of Charlie Noble 
. Noble Charlie Noble • 
• His end miserably linked with shooting 
Charlie, a product of the navy. 
The Sting? 

A doctor (no names mentioned) racing, hatless 

down the deck to give last medical aid. .. 

A Chaplain, white and tense, (no names mentione^as on]y a soldier can 
seeking the death bed. In the army 

A Red CroSiS worker (again,ettiquettical silence of civilian life, 
as to name) digging into his stocking for the cash 
wherewith to notify Charlie's fe^mily of the facts. K«G«0« 
OH DEATH - WHERE IS THY STING? a»C» 



Be xwt' 

Vie who return, 

Though we return 

With the marks of battle, 

Thank God 

That we are allowed 

To soldier 



PUBLISHED Oil THE HIGH SEAS ABOARD THE -U.S .S .HENDERSON 

"To Brighten the Ship and Lighten the 1*ip" 

Trip 13 - No, 14. - Horaeward Bound - Tuesday, March, 85, 1919 > 



^ 



r^iEm 






How about a six-bout program for next .Saturday rLftcrnoon? Every 
trip" the Henderson stages a boxing carnival, and if the weather holds 
good, despite- the fact that this is the thirteenth trip, wej.can 
run off one .of the best tournanjents our topsides has witnessed for 
many months. 'Therg &re about four hundred doughboys aboard in A-I 
physical condition and 
pany of them probably 
wield the mitt. The 

crew has weights from ^ ^— Cf<**] 

a hundred and fifteen 
to a hundred an4 eighty 
pounds* 

Weather permitting .^ ^ _,. 
the event will bo held ^i:^^^=:;^::i!^\ L05CIT 
next Saturday after- "^ 
Doon at tv;o o'clock 
,on the forecastle if 
there is no roll, 
otherwise on the well 
deck. "The band tjIII be there- with bells on^give us the music, and the 
crowd will cover every available space. There will be a prize of ten 
dollars put on every bout, which will run for three rounds ,*• three 
minute grinds and two minute intcrnissionR-lhere' will- be thres judges - 

two from the army' end- one 
from the navy. 

'This is not for blood, 
but for an afternoon of 
good g-Dort for all, and IT 
IS D? TO OUR SOLDIER PA33E1I- 
GERS TO MAKE IT A SUCCESS. 
You don't. have to be q pro- 
fessional, This is en amaturs 
contest, so take a rhan»e 
with the rest, 

.Drop your narafi, weight, 
and your compartment number 
in SIDELIGHTS- bpx or see 
Chaplain Pry. 

In each boat we viant 
a man in kahlci facBtng a 
wearer of the blue - so 
let's make thie fight the 
best ypt*. 



iV^piy to the Ziof c. 
Secretary, Ilr. Owens ^ at the 
welfare office for boxing 
gloves for your tryouts. 
Best quality gloves of all 
weights are aboard for the 
tournament . 

Monday's SIDELIGHTS 
will have a write-up of 
your bout# 




K.^P^.LJN"'^ 



'r-JCINE-.-AIMOSTT AITY HENDERSOfl DECK. 
PARTICIPANTS: -ALMOST AIIY SOLDIEH. 
TI^E : - FREQUENTLY- RECmREENT . 



Editor,. Chaplam^H.J.Fry.. ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ I = E T S ^^^ 



sociato Editors ;Tho Ctovj. 



THEDUESTJON:- 



THE STRETCEERr-BEAEER 



My stretcher is one scarlet etain; 
And as I tries to scrape it clean, 
I tell you wot— I'm sick with pain 
For all I've 'eard, for all I've 

soenj 
Around me is the 'ellish night, 
And as the war's red rim I trace, 
I wonder if in 'eaven's height 
Our God don't turn away 'Is Pace 
I don't care'oose the crime may te; 
I 'olds no brief fer Icin -or clan; 
I 'yrins no 'ate: I only see 
A3 niau destroys his. brother man- 
I waves no flag; I only know. 
As 'ere beside the dead I 'wajt , 



A million 'earts is weighed witi* 

woe, 
A million 'omes is desolate, 
•In drippin' darkness, far and near 
All night I've sought them woeful 

ones. 
Davm shudders up and still I 'ear 
fhe crimson chorus of the guns, 
look I like a ball of blood thp sut: 
'Angs o'er the scene of wrath end 

wrong , 
"Quick! Stretcher-bearers, on the 

run .' '; 
Prince of Pecicol 'Ow Ipng, 'OV? 

long? 



Prom "Rhymes of a Red Cross Itan." by H. W. Service. 



THEANvSWER:- 



.YE THAT HAVE FAITH. 



Ye that have faith to look with 
fearless eyes, 

Beyond the tragedy of a world at 
strife, 

And know- that out of death and 
night shall rise 

The d-awn' of ampler life, 

Rejoice — whatever anguish rend 
the heart-- 

That God hath given you a price- 
less 4i?wer 



To live in these great tims an3 

have your pS'rt 
In Freedom's crovrtiing hour, 
That ye mav tell your 60a9, that 

see the light 
High in the Heavens, their h.eyit-. 

age to take, 
"I saw the Powerg of Parkness ^\i% 

to flight, 
I saw the morning break." 



Written by a young Australian in the trenches of 
Gollipoli. 



The Editorial ^taff takes groat pride in offering the following article 



nr PERSONAL RECOLBGTJ-aN 
OF CHARLIE NO. 







To the Editor of Sidelichta. """ 
Sir: 

I regret the necessity cf ny 
terrupting your Current issue jusits 
it goes to press, but the necessity 
is imperative. First, naval etiquette 
dGmaads the elimination of the article 
Secondly, the cultivation of dignits. 
Thirdly, the need of conserving dtp- 
oipline and finally the desire oot 
to of lend sensative natures. 
Very truly yours 
ROl. N. CENSOR, 

Per Board of Censors. 



PUBLISHED ON THE HIGH Sfi-IS ABOAiO THE U . S . S . EEITlSPuSOM 
"To Bl-ighten the Ship end Lighten the Ttip» 
Trip 13 - No» 1% - HoihQwarA Eovind - Friday, MareK, £1, 1919' 

THE CHEW'S HECEPTIDM RE3DM 

v;e aro glad we have a Crew^e Room, even though it is a small on©/ 
Hany ships have none at all» Because it is small every one of us must 
do our part to make it serve tho largest number In the best way. 

Window seats have been installed. It has been painted. The library 
has been sorted and catalogued. New cuunions a-e in place. A raclc fox 
the new'magazine covers will appear, as will one for tho phonograph 
records, and pictures have been purchased. But you must do your part. 

W© want to keep it open during the day, for those not on duty, and 
v/e want it to aocomodate as many as possible. During the evening hours 
the magazines will hereafter ba placed on the tables in the port side 
of the forward compartment, to give their use to a greater number and 
to relievo the bongestion in tho Crew's Room. Further, the following mias 
n'lll be structly observed: 

THERE OM] BE lIO'SltOKIUG lU THE CREIV'S EOOll. Not because there 
is any objection to etnoTting but because a cigarette butt almost ignited 
one of the new cushions, made of inflamable material, an^^had to be 
slaaiiod open to prevent a fire. Further, in such small quarters the 
dirt. from matches and stubs soon piles up. HO SMOKIIIGI 

PEET SHi\LL BE KEPT OPP THE CUSHIOHS OP THE V;iH3X)r/ SEATS. Hot 
that we care for ladylike manners, but the cushions are madd *f immita- 
tion leather and will soon wear out. 

THERE 5H;J:.L BE MO SLEEPING ON THE 'WINDOW SEATS. Not that we 
Object to rejuvinating slumber, but space is at a premium. 

How it's entirely up to YOU - and no one else. If these rules are 
observed the room teill bo open all day. if they are not observed it 
will only be open certain hours. How about it? It^s YOUR Room. 



CHEW - fiTTEHTIDN 



If you did not Gct a Red Cross 
s*-eater or other knitted goods ycu 
wanted, last Friday, speak to Itr. 
Shaw, the Red Cross representative,, 
and ho will have your order put 
aboard whilo in port. 

If you need any'STJOoinl or tooh- 
liisal book for 'study, which is not in 
the ship's library, glvo the Chaplain 
its title, and it will bo put aboard. 

V/e are putting baseball stiiff 
aboard - cheap balls for use on tho 
desks and better material for ^^t.c in 
port. If wo get a layup at any tJine, 
S. team will be formed. 

Since Sidclichts is not pub- 
lished in port, tho chaplain will 
mal*:© anv announcements he- has for 
tho cxew en a bulletin board which 
will be hund near the log room; 
Watch it for notices of donees, 
anci socoial Sttractlons for the 
men ihthe seiyice, in Hew York. 

"Vi'hy aren't you in your hammock, Bud?" 
"/w, I"^an't sleep in the dark." 
"Can't sleea-in the darki yJhy not?" 
"I fiunno. Guess I'm a light sleeper," 



TURN IH'YOUR LIBRARY BOOK, 
THIS EVEIIIKG . 5,15 to 6.00. The 
end of tho quarter is hero and the 
library must be checked up. A Isit 
of outstanding chits will bo posted 
at noon. If YOUR name is there, get 
in your book to-night or make 
special arrangements to hold it. 



- \C0fiE5l! J 

KROLLEn OUT, 
ROLL Er.OU Tj 



FOUR BUCKS 
SPiYS I MAKE 

V — — -~~" 




W.w.F.F.-(» 



S ID BLIGHTS 

E£LitQri-Siiaplaiu»H*_J-._Erjc-^ « AsaQciaie-Eaitarat-ibe-CiemL. 

THE siwwQMmQEOu THE sguthe: butt, 

It was on AVERY quiet evening a"bout one BEIL of the first watch 
when the 3 teaming watch On the souttlo hutt went into session. Lulce' 
McX-uIco, chief passeB8§r*s mate, and DEAN of sea lawyers took charge, 
for he was alv/ays LEIELE to run the watch as he was enDOV/ed with the 
gift of gab. He made a Salty figure in his GREY sv/eater and \ffiITE 
trousers, with his BEAR feet, for he had to V/ADE across the ALLEY by 
the B.IR30UR shop getting therfe. 

•"I'm minded of the time", he said, fingering the LOEBS of his 
ears, "when I was e YOUNG- fellow and tated a LIBERTY in Fev York. I 
had a v;ad of MONEY but I headed for an old friend of mine, a BREVffiR 
Vfiio always Invited me in for a meal end let r.e use his own GOLDSTEIIT 
•which must have held a quart. Believe me, kid, them v/as the happy days! 
But I^m OPPUTT all now. And say, talk about the EATOH; how his wife did 
feed me." 

"As I left his house t noticed it '.vae a bad night and the wind was 
getting COULTER. After several minutes walking I passed several old 
SARIN'S I'iELL what did I stumble upon but the body of a girl lying on the 
sidewalk. I was right on her when I first saw her end had to HOFPE over 
and then turn BECK. 'HOWE did she get there', thinlcs I to myself. «If 
someone has made a KILL GORE shall be spilled 'in revenge*. She sure was 
a s?;ell dresser and might have been a SIHGER. POOR girl she was lying 
there on the cold STONE pavement all DENOP. I let out a HOV?EI.L and as 
lucK would have it I heard someone yell, "I'm CUMvIINGS" and up come 
another gob, a lad with an ARMSTRONG and sturdy and looked liked he 
might have been a PAYHTER. "Take a HOITHUH an(i we'll PISBER out of the 
puddle" says I. "Look's 'like she's got a swat on the EOKO" says he» 
"WalTE a minute" says I, "TJhat can be BUU CAN you STEAKER with a pin 
to see what she does?"." 

"V;as she a QUEBi: or jtist a EUSSY or some old HAAG?"interrupted 
Slim McGinnis, while Butch asked: 'H/'as sho shlendor oder fadt und 
VEIT?", but Old Lulce just gave them a look that could SLAY anybody. 

"Her hand FIELDS warm" says the gob. "iet's raise her pretty 
VffllTEHEAD." "That's TRU ITT might help", says I. 

"Aint this just DEVINS" interruptea Mushy Rivers, the yeo-kid 
who was soft on every girl he met and that minute had several TOIIES 
under his arm all about rose-BOWERS and mossy GATES and a shady GLEN 
end the stream's rippling EDDY. "Did she FRIZZLE her hair and act like 
a KOKET?" asked Mushy. 

"Shut up", shouted Luke, "If 3?ou weren't one of my POSTER BROTHERS 
I'd WAAK you over the PATE." 

"Don't be ROTH with me" answered Ktishy, " and don't SCHNUR at me". 

"AS I was saying" resumed L^tlcc, "This girl was of about eighteen 
SWftlERS, with BROWN eyes and a CHEEK like a strawBERRY, and she was'nt 
the FORWARD sort, either, \lhen she came to, maybe she was'nt chipper 
and BRIGHT VfEIL she was a peach. "Where am I" she says. "You're there, 
kid" says I, and being I had the price in my roll I asked the gob to 
cell a CARR or e HACKMAN, but h3 had made ft BOLTE and left me alone." 

"That Was a BIRD of a fix", says Slim, "Vfhat kind of en outfit 
did you get, a COUPE?" 

"No, an old outfit that looked like the one-hoss-SHEA I learned 
about in sohool, hitched up to an old nare with a CROOKSHANK. And 
say, maybs that driver was'nt BLACK V.'BLL he looked like the ace of spades. 

"Go on" said Slim, "I'll bet you did'nt know ^That to dQ". 

"Pipe down" yelled Luke, "I'm telling this. I don't want any SAGE 
advice or butting in from you^. You need a new TENWEHT in your dome, you 
BOEHM-head. You nui^t bo looking for my strong left to let out a PUSH AW 
cut out your noise". 

"Don't R0HR3IAM" said Slim, "I DCOLITTLE to interrupt you". 

"I don't give a DEM" said Luke, "Don't let me hear another Y.*^? 
from you." 

"Oh SHAW" said Slim, "I don't need a CANNON to convince me. Have 
a HEARTIIAN end go on. For the sake of HARMONy I'll shut up, for I'm 
iveiting to hear how this chicken in the BROWNRIGGS and you plighted 
your TROTH and you became a BENEDICT". 

"You dirty PRYed, COOKed DILL pickle" shouted Luke, es he started 
after Slim, "You'll need ARIvIOUH before I'm done with you". 

But Slim was far away and the sveannng watch on the scuttle butt 
was ovf-fi for that night. 



Is there^a soldier aboard who will 
offer to letter song slides, and 
makes several signs for Chaplain 
Fry-superstructure deck-port-forward 



^SIDELIGHT 




PUBLISHED ON IHE HIGH' SEAS ABOARD 2HE U,S.3,IIENIGB30ir 
"To Brighten the Ship ahd lighten the Trip" 
Trip 13 - Ho, 18, - Home^jard Botmd - Saturday^ Uar<}li,fi9, 1919. 

I lUrrl J. - Lj rarsL L-jtL. JL. tU UJ, and tosufflolen* nunbosr of bouts. 
1,15 The Red Cross will iss\i« dkooQl8,t«9, aad the K» of 0. will give 

out oandy at the welfare office. . 

2.00 Troop* 8 Moviae: •'DRY , VAI-LEY J0HSSOB"(STOW AWAY ^L MESS BEJ3CHE3 DSgP) 
5.15 Crew'e Library Open. All books nciBt -be in hoiote arHval a't_Ne\v_YotK 
7.00 Liformal tall: before "Fhe no-7i'e8""by ila'Jor leyor,"tJS'A7 ^or crew/- 
-The ship.'a QUARTETCT will sing.- 

"THE HMERICBNS IN EERMBNT 

7,45 Crow's Movies t "DOR QUIXOTE" Tha Jasa Orchestra will play. 
8,00 Officer's Movies: "THE SAHiS LOOSSA" Ship's Band will play. 

Chaplain Veit will hear c6nfe93i6n prcxiaratory to to-norrow's 
Bcrviftos in his stp.tcroor.i', Ho.' !S,' 'on the supers truoture dock, star* 
board, TO-Il"iY from 3,30 to 5.00 ^iid from 6,30 to 7,30 

-SUNDRY 

6,30 Mnsg in C-501, conducted by Chap. 7©it.(Opp63ito barber Shop) 
9,00 Mass on welldeck conducted by Chapl&ln Veit, VfSATHER PSRHITTIHG. 
10.00 Protestant Servio^ on welldeck, led by Chaplain Fry, assisted by 

Seoretery Acheson, with nualo by the ship's bond, WEATHER PKPMITTM). 
If the woather is unfavorable for welldeo\: servioes. Chaplain Veit 
\7ill hold the 9 o'clocl: mass in A-505, and the 10 o*olock protestant 
service will be devided into two sections i Chaplain Try *111 conduct 
a ten o'clock service for the orew in the carpenter shop, while Mr. 
Acheson will hold a similar service for the troops at the same hour 
in A-505, 
Chnroh Gall will be'aouaided throughout tho ship ^st proceeding eaah service. 
Officers ere invited to sttondf 

li30 the K, of C« will issue "chocolate at the welfare office, 

2.00 Troop's Moviesj "DOB QUIXOTB" (Stow away mess benches used) 

5,30 Special Sunday Afternoon Band Concert, welldock, woather perrdtting 

5.15 Crew's Library Open - Remember^ all books i_n at £nd of quarter. 

7,00 Infernal talk before tEe~inovTeB Dy"'C&p'iaTn 'S'annay, USl/for ar "aw: - 

"AMDNE THE BLPS" 

7,45 Crew's movieS: "THE SABLB LOCHRA". The Jazz Orchestra will play. 
8,00 Officer's moviao: "BBY VAiLEY JOHHSOH". 

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«r-}pTii*TTh6 Reft Cross will iesue i 
\ A - \/\/sweateri5 to you to-day 
UiiL yJiat 8.06. Limited Tiunber, 
80 be on. hand for obe. 



All "Y" books nast be ro- 



Tnnnrr^"*- * dooks nasx oe ro» 
-J UUturned by Monday evening. 

-.iiUUI U^ y^^' P^^* ^^ this, that 
there vTill be books for tho next trip" 




IMPDHTanT 

Bcfinnlng Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock all 
SIcK TROOPS will assonble by companies on the 
main d^olc and march throu-gh 0-501, tha barber 
shop» This formation is for the purpose of 
©hacking e&oK.nan, and making sure that YOUR 
Baa© is on tho paBsengfcr list, and to decide 
whether you aro to be discharged iianediately 
or go *o B hospital for further treatia»nt, 

LT. D. M, FlEMMIUa, Traneporb Personnel, Adjf 



Ensign Forward our cartoonist, would appreeiati 
feceiving ideas for cartoons from ruanbers of 
the crev. ifhich be .'Will work up. How about it? 



SID2t,I0HTS 



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m DDE: TD THE STAQILISCH 



They launched the good shit) 

Henderson, 
A sturdy craft was she, 
:.3ut !cnown to pitch lilie a 

bucliing mare 
Upon the xolling coa. 

Then Old Nan Sperry had a gane, 
A stabilizer rare 

To hold the Henny calm and poit^ed 
Despite the raging mere, 

'T\7a3 nade of gyroscopic wheels; 
It weighed gome ninetjr tons; 
It occupied a lot of space; 
It called forth tcany puns. 

But sad to say It dld'nt v.'orlc. 
In fact, it made the Henny RQII, 
■■'hen target practice made demands 
Per motion of her hull. 

The junk wao canned. 
But still grew hope 
As o'or the Ucn.iy's gangv;ay wide 
Appeared friend Mack viiih crafty 
dope. 

But Wack was helpless in his task: 
The sea was calm; the Henny still. 
And Mac> sat idly by to wait 
Our expectations to fulfill. 

Then ceme the storm. The sea grew 

rough. 
The Hcnny pitched. The- liennv 
-lied. 



The time "was ripe for Maok's new 

trials, 
But Mack v<^a3 seasick, be it tcldl 

Yot on T'Q hoped, though In despair. 
She Btab\Liso"r had our goat. 
And wo were from Miesonri'e state 
l.Tiore doubters grovj to size remote. 

At Bordeaux, lo, another chance; 
Young Sperry cornss aboard the ship. 
And now the gyro's going to spin, 
If his shrewd plans meet with no slip 

"For he has hanmors, and buckles 
and screrjs. 

And all such things as geniuses 
use; 

Ti"J0 tops for pattern^, 
Curious fellov.'s, 
A charcfial pot and a pair of 
bcllov.13, 

A carriage Cover, and an odd 
built trunk, 

A piece of harness and straps 
and junk," 

A fcvj Smell tools and wa:: and 
tv.'ino -— ■ 

But above all else, a faith 
sublime, 

Itarch on bold spirits 

With faith sublime. 

Ignore our jest, ' 

Attain your quest. 

Stand with the rest 

Who have conquered time. CC. ■, 



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